Delhi: The fourth match of the five -match Test series between India and England will be played in Manchester from July 23. The England team is currently ahead 2–1 in this series. The Indian team would like to conquer this match and match the series.

KL Rahul close to 1000 runs in England

Team India’s veteran batsman KL Rahul is very close to completing 1000 Test runs on England’s land. So far, he has scored 989 runs in 12 Test matches here at an average of 41.20. In these innings, he has scored four centuries and two half -centuries. His best score has been 149 runs.

The chance to join Sachin, Dravid and Gavaskar’s club

If KL Rahul scored 11 runs in the next Test, then he will become the fourth batsman of India to score 1000 Test runs in England. So far only three Indians are included in this list – Sachin Tendulkar (1575 runs, 17 Tests), Rahul Dravid (1376 runs, 13 Tests) and Sunil Gavaskar (1152 runs, 16 Tests).

Rahul is in excellent form so far in this series

KL Rahul has scored 375 runs in three innings at an average of 62.50 in the current Test series. He has scored two centuries and a half -century. His best score is 137 runs. At this time, he is fourth of the batsmen who have scored the most runs in the series.

Rahul became the second Indian to score two centuries in Lord’s

KL Rahul scored a brilliant century at Lord’s Cricket Ground. He has become the second Indian batsman to score two centuries on this historic ground. Prior to that, this achievement was only in the name of Dilip Vengsarkar, who scored three centuries at Lord’s in 1979, 1982 and 1986.

First century in 2021, second in this series

Rahul scored the first century on this ground in 2021 when he scored 129 runs. In that match, India defeated England by 151 runs. In the third Test of the current series, he completed his second century in Lord’s by taking a run off Jofra Archer’s ball.

If KL Rahul retains this form, he will not only complete 1000 runs in England, but will also achieve a new achievement in Indian cricket history.