Ponnan Rahul (born 4 February 1992) is an Indian

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er who represents

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in domestic cricket. He is a left-handed top order

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and occasional right-arm

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Domestic career

After representing

in U-22 and U-25 levels, Rahul made his first-class debut for Kerala in the

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on 6 October 2017 against

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. He played 6 matches in the

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, scoring 370 runs and finished the tournament as Kerala's fourth highest run-scorer. He also scored his maiden first-class century in the season. However, he scored just 137 runs from five matches in the

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Ranji season with a highest score of 97. He made his

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debut on 29 September 2019, for Kerala in the

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against

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. He made his

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debut on 8 November 2019, for Kerala in the

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against

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. Rahul made a career-best score of 147 against

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in the

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Personal life

Rahul narrowly survived a motorcycle crash in 2017.

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Rahul, Ponnan 1992 births Living people Indian cricketers People from Alappuzha Kerala cricketers