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{{short description|Indian cricketer}}
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{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2017}}
{{Infobox cricketer
| name = Ponnam Rahul
| image =
| country =
| fullname =
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1992|2|4|df=yes}}
| birth_place = [[Alappuzha]], [[Kerala]], India
| death_date =
| death_place =
| batting = Left-handed
| bowling = Right-arm [[offbreak]]
| role = [[Batsman]]

| club1 = [[Kerala cricket team|Kerala]]
| year1 = 2017-present
| clubnumber1 =
| club2 =
| year2 =
| clubnumber2 =

| columns = 3
| column1 = [[First-class cricket|FC]]
| matches1 = 13
| runs1 = 526
| bat avg1 = 22.86
| 100s/50s1 = 1/3
| top score1 = 127
| catches/stumpings1 = 13/0
| column2 = [[List A cricket|List A]]
| matches2 = 6
| runs2 = 124
| bat avg2 = 31.00
| 100s/50s2 = 0/10
| top score2 = 36
| catches/stumpings2 = 4/0
| column3 = [[Twenty20|T20]]
| matches3 = 2
| runs3 = 11
| bat avg3 = 5.50
| 100s/50s3 = 0/0
| top score3 = 7
| catches/stumpings3 = 1/0
| hidedeliveries = true

| date = 15 November 2021
| source = http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/1121446.html Cricinfo
}}
'''Ponnam Rahul''' (born 4 February 1992) is an Indian [[cricket]]er who represents [[Kerala cricket team|Kerala]] in domestic cricket. He is a left-handed top order [[batsman]] and right-arm [[offbreak|off-spinner]].<ref name="Bio">{{Cite web|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/1121446.html |title=Ponnam Rahul |access-date=6 October 2017 |work=ESPN Cricinfo}}</ref>

==Domestic career==
After representing [[Kerala cricket team|Kerala]] in U-22 and U-25 levels,<ref name="Bio"/> Rahul made his [[first-class cricket|first-class]] debut for Kerala in the [[2017–18 Ranji Trophy]] on 6 October 2017 against [[Jharkhand cricket team|Jharkhand]].<ref name="FC">{{cite web |url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/1118615.html |title=Group B, Ranji Trophy at Thiruvananthapuram, Oct 6-9 2017 |access-date=6 October 2017 |work=ESPN Cricinfo}}</ref> He featured Kerala in two matches scoring just 19 runs averaging 6.33.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/records/averages/batting_bowling_by_team.html?id=12014;team=1912;type=tournament |title=Records / Ranji Trophy, 2017/18 - Kerala / Batting and bowling averages|work=ESPN Cricinfo}}</ref> He played 6 matches in the [[2018–19 Ranji Trophy|next season]], scoring 370 runs and finished the tournament as Kerala's fourth highest run-scorer.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/records/averages/batting_bowling_by_team.html?id=12592;team=1912;type=tournament|title= Records / Ranji Trophy, 2018/19 - Kerala / Batting and bowling averages|work=ESPN Cricinfo}}</ref> He also scored his maiden century in [[first-class cricket]] in the season.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.cricbuzz.com/cricket-news/106029/ranji-highlights-rajasthan-qualify-maharashtra-relegated |title=Ranji highlights: Vidarbha qualify, Maharashtra relegated |work=CricBuzz |access-date=8 January 2019}}</ref> However, he scored just 137 runs from five matches the following season<ref>{{cite web|url=https://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/records/averages/batting_bowling_by_team.html?id=13223;team=1912;type=tournament|title= Records / Ranji Trophy, 2019/20 - Kerala / Batting and bowling averages|work=ESPN Cricinfo}}</ref> with a highest score of 97.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/cricket/ranji-trophy-group-a-robin-uthappa-s-hundred-takes-kerala-to-276-3-as-delhi-spinners-falter-on-opening-day/story-JjYk0N45lyLtQmEGVZExwJ.html|title=Ranji Trophy, Group A: Robin Uthappa’s hundred takes Kerala to 276/3 as Delhi spinners falter on opening day|work=Hindustan Times}}</ref>

He made his [[List A cricket|List A]] debut on 29 September 2019, for Kerala in the [[2019–20 Vijay Hazare Trophy]] against [[Hyderabad cricket team|Hyderabad]].<ref name="LA">{{cite web |url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/1200766.html |title=Elite, Group A, Vijay Hazare Trophy at Alur, Sep 29 2019 |access-date=29 September 2019 |work=ESPN Cricinfo}}</ref> He played six matches in the tournament scoring 124 runs with an average of 31.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/records/averages/batting_bowling_by_team.html?id=13220;team=1912;type=tournament|title= Records / Vijay Hazare Trophy, 2019/20 - Kerala / Batting and bowling averages|work=ESPN Cricinfo}}</ref> He made his [[Twenty20]] debut on 8 November 2019, for Kerala in the [[2019–20 Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy]] against [[Tamil Nadu cricket team|Tamil Nadu]].<ref name="T20">{{cite web |url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/1205716.html |title=Group B, Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy at Thumba, Nov 8 2019 |access-date=8 November 2019 |work=ESPN Cricinfo}}</ref> He played only two matches scoring a total of 11 runs from those.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/records/averages/batting_bowling_by_team.html?id=13222;team=1912;type=tournament|title=Records / Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy, 2019/20 - Kerala / Batting and bowling averages|work=ESPN Cricinfo}}</ref> In November 2021, he was named in the Kerala squad to play the [[2021–22 Vijay Hazare Trophy]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.onmanorama.com/sports/cricket/2021/11/30/sanju-samson-to-lead-kerala-in-vijay-hazare-trophy.amp.html|work=On Manorama|title=Sanju Samson to lead Kerala in Hazare Trophy |date=30 November 2021|access-date=30 November 2021}}</ref>

==Personal life==
Rahul narrowly survived a motorcycle crash in 2017.<ref>{{cite web|title=Ranji Trophy: For Kerala, Ponnam Rahul and Vinoop Manoharan are the accidental openers|first=Vishal|last=Menon|place=Wayanad|date=24 January 2019|url=https://indianexpress.com/article/sports/cricket/kerala-ponnam-rahul-and-manoharan-the-accidental-openers-5553010/|work=The Indian Express|access-date=15 November 2021}}</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
* {{cricinfo|id=1121446}}

{{Kerala cricket squad}}
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