Ahmedabad, Oct. 3 -- Indian opener KL Rahul brought an end to a long wait for a Test century on home soil, registering his 11th ton in the longest format during the opening Test against the West Indies at the Narendra Modi Stadium on Friday.

At the end of session one of day two, KL was at 100* in 192 balls, with 12 fours and a strike rate of over 52. He had to wait 26 innings at home between two hundreds, having last managed a century at home soil against England in December 2016 at Chennai, scoring 199. This is the fourth-longest an Indian has had to wait between two centuries at home, with Ravichandran Ashwin's wait at 36 innings being the longest.

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