Delhi: The opening batsmen of the Indian team made a great start in the first Test match of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy 2024-25 being played in Perth. The pair of KL Rahul and Yashasvi Jaiswal have put India in a strong position by making a partnership of 100 runs. This innings was a great example of the patience and technical skills of both the players.

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Record registered in the name of KL Rahul

KL Rahul made a special achievement with this innings. He has become the Indian batsman with the highest number of 100+ run opening partnerships in SENA countries (South Africa, England, New Zealand, Australia) since 2000. So far, Rahul has made opening partnerships of 100+ runs 3 times in SENA countries. Before him, Virender Sehwag had also achieved this feat thrice. At the same time, Aakash Chopra, Wasim Jaffer and Dinesh Karthik have done this 2 times each.

In today's match, this partnership of Rahul and Jaiswal gave a strong start to Team India, which was very important on the fast and bouncy pitch of Perth. His innings won the hearts of the audience and brought the match to an exciting turn.