KL rahul and yashasvi jaiswal have created history in the first Test match being played between india and england at Headingley, Leeds. Both of them shared a 91-run partnership for the first wicket. This is the biggest opening partnership for india in the first Test in England. jaiswal and rahul have broken a 39-year-old record. The pair broke the record of sunil gavaskar and K. Srikkanth, who had an opening partnership of 64 runs against england in 1986. Now rahul and jaiswal have become the batsmen to make the biggest opening partnership for india at Headingley.
KL rahul missed half-century
KL rahul, who was batting strongly, missed out on scoring a half-century. He was dismissed after scoring 42 runs off 78 balls with the help of 8 fours. rahul was caught out by Brydon Carse at slip. At the same time, rahul and jaiswal have become the fourth highest partnership pair in the first Test on a foreign tour.
The highest opening partnership in the first innings of the first Test on India's foreign tour
283 murali vijay - shikhar dhawan in bangladesh 2015
160 virender sehwag - akash chopra vs pakistan Multan 2004
117 KL rahul - mayank agarwal vs south africa Centurion 2021
91 yashasvi jaiswal - KL rahul vs england Leeds 2025
Karun Nair returns to the field after 3006 days
Karun last played a Test match against australia in 2017. After this, he went with Team india on the england tour in 2018. But he did not get a chance to play a single match. After this he was out of the team. Karun was working hard to make a comeback in the Test team since then. There came a time when he became very sad. In the year 2022, he made a post. Where he wrote, "Dear Cricket, give me another chance."
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