IND vs ENG collection: KL Rahul falls narrowly short of edging Sunil Gavaskar’s England record – know more | Cricket News – Times of India

KL Rahul scored 532 runs in the course of the 5-match Anderson-Tendulkar Trophy towards England. (PTI)

KL Rahul has added one other feather to his cap within the ongoing Anderson-Tendulkar Trophy by changing into India’s second-highest run-scoring opener in a Test collection in England. With 532 runs within the 5-match collection, Rahul has gone previous Murali Vijay and Rohit Sharma however will be unable to leap the legendary Sunil Gavaskar.Gavaskar’s iconic tally of 542 in 1979 has stood for over 4 a long time now, and Rahul got here inside touching distance of overhauling that stat. His keep within the second innings of the fifth and remaining Test was disrupted by Josh Tongue.

KL Rahul, having opened the innings alongside Yashasvi Jaiswal, might solely add 7 runs within the second innings earlier than his keep was minimize short by a cracking Tongue supply that straightened on touchdown and compelled an edge that was plucked by Joe Root within the slips.Despite the low scores of 7 and 14 within the Test at The Oval, it has been an amazing tour for the India opener. After scoring a century within the observe sport towards the England Lions, KL Rahul scored fifty-plus scores in all however the ongoing fifth Test.The 33-12 months-previous latched scores 42, 137 (at Headingley), 2, 55 (at Edgbaston), 100, 39 (at Lord’s), 46, 90 (at Old Trafford) and now 14, 7 (at The Oval). His 532 runs have come at a mean of 53.20 with 1066 balls confronted – solely behind Shubman Gill (1141).Most Runs by an Indian Opener in a Test Series in England: