A right-handed wicket-keeper batter, he plays for Karnataka in domestic cricket. Rahul is the first and only Indian cricketer to score an ODI century on his debut. On the same tour, he made his T20I debut.
Rahul was born on 18 April to K. Lokesh and Rajeshwari in Bangalore , Karnataka. His mother, Rajeshwari, is a professor at Mangalore University. Aloysius College. On 23 January , Rahul married his long-time girlfriend, actress Athiya Shetty , after dating for more than three years.
Rahul made his first-class cricket debut for Karnataka in the β11 season. Playing for South Zone in the final of the β15 Duleep Trophy against Central Zone, Rahul scored off balls in the first innings and off in the second. He was named the player of the match and selected to the Indian Test squad for the Australian tour followed.
Returning home after the Test series, Rahul became Karnataka's first triple-centurion, scoring against Uttar Pradesh. He managed to score only 3 and 1 on his debut.
In the next test at Sydney where he opened the innings for the first time, and made his maiden international century, scoring runs.
