- By Namrata Vijay
- Sun, 20 Jul 2025 03:39 PM (IST)
- Source:JND
IND vs ENG 4th Test: India's star opener KL Rahul is just 60 runs short of achieving the milestone of scoring 9000 runs for the country. He can achieve this feat during the fourth Test, which will be held next week in Manchester, where the visitors will try to make a comeback.
If Rahul does achieve this milestone, then he would become the 16th Indian batter to have completed it and would join an elite list of players like Sachin Tendulkar, Virat Kohli, Rahul Dravid, Rohit Sharma, Sourav Ganguly, MS Dhoni, Virender Sehwag, Mohammad Azharuddin, Sunil Gavaskar, Yuvraj Singh, VVS Laxman, Shikhar Dhawan, Dilip Vengsarkar, Gautam Gambhir, and Kapil Dev.
Till now, he has scored 8940 runs after playing in 218 matches at a staggering average of 75.01, which also includes 19 hundreds and 58 fifties under his kitty.
KL Rahul nears a huge personal milestone
He is also on the cusp of achieving yet another feat. He is inching close towards registering his highest runs during a Test series. He had scored 393 runs after playing in four matches during the Border-Gavaskar Trophy series. In that series, he batted at a brilliant average of 65.50, where his highest individual score was 90 runs at the M. Chinnaswamy stadium.
He is just 19 runs short of achieving that milestone. During the ongoing series, he has been in sublime form as he has registered scores of 42, 137, 2, 55, 100, and 37 runs. The Shubman Gill-led side will try to make a brilliant comeback after suffering a 22-run loss at Lord's. He will try to make a significant contribution and help the team level the series.
Most runs by KL Rahul in a single Test series
Australia in India, 2017: 393 runs from 4 matches, average 65.50
India in England, 2025: 375 runs from 3 matches, average 62.50
India in England, 2021-22: 315 runs from 4 matches, average 39.37
India in England, 2018: 299 runs from 5 matches, 39.37
India in Australia, 2024-25: 276 runs from 5 matches, average of 30.66
