KL Rahul's pain spilt over as soon as he scored a century, he said - Those who abused me three months ago, now...

The Indian innings faltered badly in the first innings of the first Test against South Africa, but KL Rahul's fighting innings took India to a strong total. Rahul spoke openly about the criticism on social media in an interview given to Star Sports after his century. In the first Test match being played against South Africa in Centurion, KL Rahul played an inning of 101 runs in 137 balls. Rahul's century came at a time when India's top-order batsmen Yashasvi Jaiswal, Captain Rohit Sharma, Shubman Gill, Kohli and Shreyas Iyer could not do anything special with the bat.

After the end of the second day's play, Rahul said, "As a person, as a cricketer... you are challenged every day, every moment. There is a pressure of social media. When I have scored a century, The same people are praising me. "Three, four months ago everyone was trolling me. It's part of the game, but I can't say it doesn't affect you. You can't change people. People have the freedom to say things, but some things are very hurtful."

ICC quoted Rahul as saying, "The sooner you realize that staying away from this is good for your game and your mentality, the better." Rahul said that when he was away from cricket due to injury, he focused on himself, but when you play at the international level, you also have to face challenges as an individual.