KL Rahul’s tremendous feat on England soil, placed place in the club of veterans like Sachin-Dravid
KL Rahul Records: KL Rahul made a brilliant start with his bat and became a ray of hope for Team India on the first day of the fourth Test being played at Old Trafford, England. India is lagging 2–1 in this series, so Rahul’s form and runs can prove to be very important for the team in this match. His rhythm on England’s challenging pitch may turn the match dice for India. During this time, in the first session, in the first session, he made a place in the special list of Indian veterans by doing tremendous feat in England.
Indian team The star batsman KL Rahul made history in Old Trafford in Manchester on the first day of the fourth Test against England on Wednesday, July 23. The right -handed batsman completed his 1000 Test runs on England soil and became only the fifth Indian to reach this special achievement.
After winning the toss of Ben Stokes and choosing bowling, Rahul started patiently with Yashasvi Jaiswal. Playing in front of the English pace attack, Rahul made India a strong start in the first session. This is his 13th Test in England and his average is more than 40.
The highest Test run in England for India (Top-5)
- Sachin Tendulkar – 1,575 runs (30 innings)
- Rahul Dravid – 1,376 runs (23 innings)
- Sunil Gavaskar – 1,152 runs (28 innings)
- Virat Kohli – 1,096 runs (33 innings)
- KL Rahul – 1,000* runs (25 innings)
Rahul’s journey in England has become better. On the tour of 2018, he scored 299 runs in 5 Tests, while in 2021 he scored 315 runs in 4 matches. He is also in excellent form in the current 2025 series and has scored 4 centuries in England so far. In this case, he is behind only Rahul Dravid (6 centuries).
Interestingly, apart from England, Rahul has scored more than 1000 Test runs in India only, where he has 1,149 runs (average 39.62).
