KL Rahul scored his second ton at the home of cricket. India equals the first innings total of England after a splendid ton by KL Rahul. Bazball will be looking to set a competitive target for the visitors at the end of day 4.
Second ton for KL Rahul at Lord’s
KL Rahul scored his second test hundred at lord’s Cricket Stadium. He scored his first hundred in his last England tour in 2021. He became the second Indian batter after Dilip Vengsarkar to score more than one century at Lord’s
Indian batters with the most test hundreds at Lord’s:
- Dilip Vengsarkar – 3
- KL Rahul – 2
- Vinoo Mankad – 1
- Gundappa Viswanath – 1
- Ravi Shastri – 1
- Mohammed Azharuddin – 1
- Sourav Ganguly – 1
- Ajit Agarkar – 1
- Rahul Dravid – 1
- Ajinkya Rahane – 1
This is KL Rahul’s seventh 100 for India in SENA tests. Most SENA hundreds for India:
- Sachin Tendulkar – 17
- Virat Kohli – 12
- Rahul Dravid – 10
- Sunil Gavaskar – 8
- KL Rahul – 7
- Rishabh Pant – 6
- Mohammed Azharuddin – 6
- Sourav Ganguly – 5
- VVS Laxman – 5
- Cheteshwar Pujara – 5
He scored 6 of his 7 SENA test hundreds as an opener. Most test hundreds as an Asian opener in SENA tests:
- Sunil Gavaskar – 8
- KL Rahul – 6
- Saeed Anwar – 4
- Marvan Atapattu – 3
- Vinoo Mankad – 3
- Mohsin Khan – 3
- Saqib Mohammed – 3
- Virender Sehwag – 3
- Ravi Shastri – 3
- Tamim Iqbal – 3
Sixer King Rishabh Pant
Rishabh Pant scored 74 runs from 112 balls in the first innings. He was dismissed in a runout by skipper Ben Stokes. He smashed two sixes in his innings. H equaled the record of Rohit Sharma in the second-most sixes for India in test cricket.
Most sixes for India in tests:
- Virender Sehwag – 91
- Rishabh Pant – 88
- Rohit Sharma – 88
- MS Dhoni – 78
- Ravindra Jadeja – 72
- Sachin Tendulkar – 69
- Kapil Dev – 61
Rishabh Pant equals MS Dhoni
Rishabh Pant equaled two records of MS Dhoni in test cricket. He equaled MS Dhoni in the most fifty-plus score by an Asian wicket-keeper in SENA tests. Both have 12 fifty-plus scores.
He also equaled MS Dhoni’s record of most fifty-plus scores by a visiting wicket-keeper batter in Engand. Both have 8 fifty-plus scores in England now.
Jasprit Bumrah break records with bat as well
Jasprit Bumrah got out for a duck in the first innings. This was his 35th duck in international cricket. He equaled the record of Anil Kumble for the fifth mist ducks for India in international cricket.
Most ducks for India in international cricket:
- Zaheer Khan – 43
- Ishant Sharma – 40
- Virat Kohli – 38
- Harbhajan Singh – 37
- Jasprit Bumrah – 35
- Anil Kumble – 35
- Rohit Sharma – 34
- Sachin Tendulkar – 34
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