Dinesh Karthik praises KL Rahul after career-best ODI century

Dinesh Karthik praised KL Rahul for his unbeaten 129 after the wicketkeeper-batter scored his ninth ODI century in the third match against West Indies. Rahul reached the milestone in 80 balls and finished with 129 off 87 deliveries, his highest ODI score.

Rahul walked in at 141 for three in the 25th over and accelerated after his half-century, hitting six sixes and nine fours. His innings included four maximums in the final 10 balls as India posted 351 for seven.

The knock came in Rahul's first innings of the series and reinforced his value in the middle order. He also passed 10,000 international runs during the innings, becoming the 15th Indian to reach the landmark. Rohit Sharma scored 92 and Ruturaj Gaikwad made 57 in the same match.