- July 13, 2025
Lord’s has a certain mystique about it. The sloped ground, the history, the atmosphere from the pavilion—it is a place where good cricketers strive to be great. To make a hundred at Lord’s? That’s cricketing prestige. To make more than one? That’s next-level stuff. On a cloudy Day 3 at Lord’s, KL Rahul entered that exclusive realm in making his second Test hundred at the Home of Cricket. He is not the only one! A small number of overseas legends have had their names inscribed on the Lord’s honours board not once (or more), and that matters.
The Rarity of Repetition: Why Multiple Tons at Lord’s Matter
At Lord’s, there’s nothing random about a century. While the pitch can occasionally misbehave, the overheads can be particularly unkind, and the pressure? Huge. That is why there have been so few foreign batters who have done it more than once; across the long history of one of the wonderful grounds in the world, there are only 13 of them. KL Rahul joins an illustrious list that includes Donald Bradman, Graeme Smith, and Mahela Jayawardene. Not just names denoting statistics; they are periods of cricket.
Dilip Vengsarkar is the only Indian batter above Rahul on the list with three Test centuries at Lord’s from 1979 to 1986. If a modern-day Indian batter managed that, it would be quite a feat, and everyone knows how challenging it is for a batter to acclimatize to conditions here on tour. For Rahul, it is not only about surviving England, it is about being under pressure and performing against world-class bowling from ball one.
KL Rahul: From The Oval to Lord’s, An English Love Story
Rahul’s relationship with the English surface has seen its share of highs and lows. His 1st Test century in England came in 2018 at The Oval with a blistering 149, which also came in a lost cause, but it had flashes of brilliance. But it was Lord’s 2021 where Rahul landed in England, as he made a splendid 129 in the first innings and contributed to India’s landmark win.
Heading into 2025, he has done it again. Rahul’s innings had a calm 100 on Day 3, resilience, control, and class. He brought up the 100 with a single off Jofra Archer and played like a batter who was not just raw talent as a batter, but mature ability and execution as well. Even more remarkable is that he has scored all of his centuries in England at a different venue – The Oval (149), Lord’s (129 & 100), and Headingley (137). That is versatility!
The Lord’s Double Club: Legends and a Lesson in Consistency
The group of overseas batters to have made more than one Test century at Lord’s is short, exclusive, and full of stars in terms of playing history. Players Ilke Dilip Vengsarkar (India) we have 3 centuries, and a long list of famous players with 2 centuries—names like Donald Bradman (Australia), George Headley (West Indies), Graeme Smith and Hashim Amla (South Africa), Bill Brown and Warren Bardsley (Australia), Martin Crowe (New Zealand), Gordon Greenidge and Garfield Sobers (West Indies), Mahela Jayawardene (Sri Lanka), Steve Smith (Australia), and now KL Rahul (India).
The list is not just a collection of great run scorers; it is also a list of people who represent the patience, perseverance, and poise required to score runs at Lord’s. Scoring runs at Lord’s is not about brute force or piles of runs on easy pitches—it is about reading conditions, reading the game, and remaining calm under pressure in a manner that is so accentuated at Lord’s. Each of them did so, not just once, but at least twice at the finest cricket ground in the world.
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