K L Rahul: Rahul became the Indian opener to score the most Test centuries in England, scored his first century after 2023..

Indian team opener KL Rahul scored a century in the second innings of the first Test match against England. Rahul last scored a century in Tests in 2023 and now he has ended this drought. Rahul completed the ninth century of his Test career off 202 balls. During this, Rahul shared a partnership with Rishabh Pant, which took India's lead to over 250 runs.

Left behind the giants

Rahul scored 42 runs in the first innings of the first Test match being played against England in Leeds, but in the second innings, he looked in form and managed to score a century. This is Rahul's fourth century against England, but this is his third century in England as an opener. With this, Rahul has left behind legends like Sunil Gavaskar, Rahul Dravid, Vijay Merchant, and Ravi Shastri and has become the batsman with the most Test centuries in England.

Fifth century in SENA countries

Rahul has scored his fifth century as an opener in SENA countries i.e. South Africa, England, New Zealand and Australia. In this case, only Sunil Gavaskar is ahead of him, who has scored eight centuries as an opener in SENA countries. Rahul has been sent to open after Rohit Sharma retired from Tests and he has made a positive start to the England tour. Rahul scored a century in England at The Oval in 2018, at Lord's in 2021 and now at Leeds in 2025.

Not only this, Rahul is the highest run-scorer of the touring team in SENA countries since 2018. Rahul has scored 1294 runs in these countries since 2018. In second place is Sri Lanka's Dimuth Karunaratne, who has scored 751 runs as an opener in SENA countries since 2018. Rohit Sharma is in third place with 691 runs.

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