KL Rahul showed real class in England, made a strong record by playing 1000 balls; entered the club of Gavaskar and Vijay
KL Rahul Played 1 thousand balls in Test Series: Amazing Rahul is scoring runs fiercely on the England tour, for which he is also being praised a lot. However, this star player missed out on scoring a big score in the first innings of the Oval Test.
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KL Rahul was able to score only 14 runs despite being fully set. Even though Rahul’s innings was not big, he still managed to make a big record in his name. In fact, Rahul has become the third opener of India to play more than 1000 balls in an overseas Test series.
Indian batsmen who played 1000 or more balls in an overseas Test series
Most balls faced by Indian Opener in a Away Test series
— All Cricket Records (@Cric_records45) July 31, 2025
1,199 – Sunil Gavaskar vs, 1979
1,054 – Murali Vijay vs
1,032 – Sunil Gavaskar vs, 1977
1,000* – KL Rahul vs
Before KL Rahul, the record of playing 1000 or more balls in an overseas Test series was registered in the name of Sunil Gavaskar and Murali Vijay. Former legend Gavaskar has done this feat twice. He achieved this feat for the first time in the Test series against Australia in 1977. In that series, Gavaskar played 1032 balls.
He made this record for the second time in the Test series held on England in 1979, in which Gavaskar faced 1199 balls. At the same time, when the Indian team toured England in 2014, Murali Vijay played 1054 balls.
Right-handed star batsman KL Rahul has played 1038 balls in the Anderson-Tendulkar Trophy. During this, he has scored 525 runs in 5 matches at an average of 58.33. This includes 2 centuries and 2 half-centuries. Rahul may have failed in the first innings of the Oval Test, but fans will expect a big innings from him in the second innings.
By lunch break, India scored 72 runs after losing 2 wickets
By lunch break on the first day of the Oval Test, Team India scored 72 runs after losing 2 wickets. Due to sudden rain, an early lunch break had to be taken. Sai Sudarshan (25) and captain Shubman Gill (15) are present at the crease.
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