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KL Rahul completes 1,000 Test runs against England: Key stats
22 Jun 2025

Star Indian opener KL Rahul has gone past 1,000 runs against England in Test cricket.

He achieved this milestone on Day 3 of the opening Test between the two teams at Headingley, Leeds.

Rahul, who scored 42 runs in India's 1st innings, got to the landmark with his third run in his side's next outing.

Here we decode his Test stats against the Brits.

Rahul averages nearly 40 against England
Stats

Playing his 14th Test against England, Rahul has gone past 1,000 runs as he averages nearly 40.

As per ESPNcricinfo, he became the 17th Indian to accomplish this landmark against England.

Only versus Australia (894), Rahul owns over 500-plus Test runs besides England.

Rahul has so far tallied three tons and two fifties against England.

Over 600 runs in England
Fact

Playing his 10th Test in England, Rahul has over 640 runs at 34-plus. Over 600 of his Test runs in England have come while opening the batting. Sunil Gavaskar (1,152) is the only Indian with more Test runs in the UK as a designated opener.

Notable records vs England
Milestones

Rahul's highest Test score of 199 came against England in 2016.

A match-winning hundred at Lord's in 2021 made him the fifth Indian opener with multiple Test hundreds in England.

He scored a brilliant 149-run knock in the fourth innings of the 2018 Oval Test against England, which remains the sixth-highest fourth-innings score by an opener on English soil.

Over 3,300 runs in Test cricket
Test stats

Coming to his Test numbers, Rahul has raced past 3,300 runs in his Test career at an average of over 33 from 59 matches.

He has hit eight hundreds and 17 fifties with a strike rate of around 52.

Over 2,800 of his runs have come while opening the innings in Tests.

This makes him the most experienced batter in India's current Test squad.

Stellar record in FC cricket
FC achievements

With his second run in the 1st innings, Rahul also went past 7,500 First-Class runs.

Playing his 106th FC match, Rahul averages over 42. His stellar record in this format includes 19 centuries and 37 half-centuries.

He recently scored a century for India A in the second unofficial Test against England Lions at County Ground, Northampton.

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