Indian cricket team’s experienced batsman KL Rahul is batting brilliantly as an opener in the Test series being played against England. Rahul is in great form in this series. Rahul achieved a brilliant feat in the fourth Test being played against England at Old Trafford, Manchester.
In the seventh over of the first session of the fourth Test, Rahul completed 1000 Test runs on England soil by hitting a four off Chris Woakes. Before KL Rahul, Sachin Tendulkar (1,575 runs), Rahul Dravid (1,376 runs), Sunil Gavaskar (1,152 runs) and Virat Kohli (1,096 runs) have achieved this feat.
KL Rahul toured England for the first time in 1918 and scored 299 runs in 5 Test series. In his second tour of England in 2021, he scored 315 runs in 4 Tests. His recent journey has been most successful. In this tour, he has scored 421 runs in 7 innings of 4 Tests, in which he has scored 2 centuries and one half century. He was out after scoring 46 runs in the first innings of the fourth test.
Rahul has scored 4 centuries in England. After Rahul Dravid (6 centuries), he is the second batsman to score the most centuries in England. Before the Manchester Test, KL Rahul has scored 3,632 runs in 61 Tests, scoring 10 centuries and 18 half-centuries.
KL Rahul has been in excellent form for quite some time not only in Tests but also in T-20 and ODI formats. After playing many important innings for India in the Champions Trophy, he also batted brilliantly in the IPL. He was also effective as a batsman on the Australia tour.
Rahul has played important innings for the team not only as an opener but also by batting at different positions. In England, he has been entrusted with the responsibility of opening the innings with Jaiswal and he has been successful in it.
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