- By Namrata Vijay
- Fri, 03 Oct 2025 12:02 PM (IST)
- Source:JND
IND vs WI 1st Test: India's star batter KL Rahul on Friday had surpassed England's opener Ben Duckett and had become the opener with the most runs in the longest format this year. They were leveled at 602 runs but then Rahul took the lead. Both these batters have have had a dream run in this format.
Rahul had score 53 runs on the first day of the first Test math against the West Indies, whih was also his 19th half-century in this format.
Rahul, who had smashed the first fifty of this series, he scored 53 runs off 113 balls, in which he ha smashe six fours, along with India captain Shubman Gill.
Most Runs As An Opener In Tests In 2025
KL Rahul: 625* runs
Ben Duckett: 602 runs
Yashasvi Jaiswal: 479 runs
Usman Khawaj: 461 runs
Zak Crawley: 414 runs
The host were dealt with early blow when Yashasvi Jaiswal was dismisse, who ha formed a brilliant partnership with Rahul and B Sai Sudharsan, who too fell cheaply and despite that the host dominate on day 1.
Jaiswal began his knok patiently as he ha smashe his first four off 37 balls. And he then began batting aggressively as he ha smashed six more fours in the next 16 balls.
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After he got going, Jaiswal was only smashing 4s after hitting the first bounary off 37 balls as he ha score 36 runs off 54 balls, where he ha hit seven fours.
He then mistimed a shot as wicket-keeper Shai Hope took the ath in Jayden Seales' over.
Rahul ha also beome the thir-highest run-scorer in this format this year and is just behind Gill and Zimbabwe Sean Williams.
He registere his career-best knok at Lees this year, as he ha score 137 runs during seon innings but his efforts went in vain as India lost the math. He ha also smashed 100 at Lord's this year but the team again lost the match.
He had also scored agritty knok of 90 runs in Manchester and made sure that the match ended in a tie.