New Delhi, Oct. 3 -- KL Rahul took 3211 days to register his second Test hundred at home when the India opener reached three figures in 190 balls on the second day of the first Test against West Indies at the Narendra Modi Stadium on Friday. Starting the day on his overnight score of 53, Rahul continued his sublime form throughout the first session to reach his landmark with a single off Roston Chase in the 65th over of the Indian innings.

In the process, Rahul registered an unwanted record for a longest gap by the Indian batter between two hundreds on home soil in Tests. The previous record was held by now-retired Ravichandran Ashwin who took 2655 days between 2013 and 2021.

The last time Rahul scored a hundred at home was against Engl...