IND vs ENG / KL Rahul left Virender Sehwag behind, did this great feat in SENA country

In the second innings of the Edgbaston Test, KL Rahul played a brilliant innings of 55 runs in 84 balls. With this half-century, he surpassed Virender Sehwag in scoring the most 50+ scores as an opener in SENA countries. Rahul has now reached the second position in this list.

IND vs ENG: The second match of the Test series between England and India is being played at Edgbaston. In this exciting match, in the second innings of Team India, opener KL Rahul performed brilliantly and scored 55 runs in 84 balls. During this innings, he not only strengthened his team, but also made a big record in his name. KL Rahul has now surpassed the legendary Virender Sehwag in terms of scoring the most fifty plus scores as an opener in SENA countries (South Africa, England, New Zealand and Australia).

Rahul's great feat in SENA countries

The record of scoring the most fifty plus scores among Indian openers in SENA countries is held by the great Sunil Gavaskar. Gavaskar had scored 50+ runs 19 times in 57 innings in these four countries. At the same time, KL Rahul has secured second place by scoring fifty plus 10 times in 44 innings. Virender Sehwag and Murali Vijay are jointly at third place with 9 50+ scores each. Sehwag achieved this feat in 49 innings, while Murali Vijay did it in 42 innings. Gautam Gambhir is at fifth place in this list by scoring 50+ 7 times in 25 innings.

Indian openers with most 50+ scores in SENA countries in Test matches

19 - Sunil Gavaskar (57 innings)
10 - KL Rahul (44 innings)
9 - Virender Sehwag (49 innings)
9 - Murali Vijay (42 innings)
7 - Gautam Gambhir (25 innings)

Rahul's dominance in England too

Sunil Gavaskar also holds the record of scoring most 50+ scores as an opener on English soil. Gavaskar scored fifty plus 10 times in England. KL Rahul has secured the second position in this case by scoring 50+ runs 5 times. Apart from him, Vijay Merchant achieved this feat 4 times in England.

Indian openers who scored the most 50+ runs in England