OpponentMatchesInningsRunsHigh ScoreAvg100s/50s
Afghanistan11545454.000/1
Australia162989411033.111/8
Bangladesh591756821.870/1
England132495519939.793/2
New Zealand24823820.500/0
South Africa71336912328.382/1
Sri Lanka71135410832.181/3
West Indies71037415841.551/1
Total58101325719933.578/17

Key Insights – KL Rahul’s Test Batting – Opposition-by-Opposition Analysis

KL Rahul’s Dominance Against Australia & England in Tests

Australia and England seem to be KL Rahul’s favourite opponents in Test cricket. He has aggregated more than 800 runs against both teams.

Rahul, in particular, enjoys batting against England. He has scored three Test centuries against them. This even includes his best score of 199 smashed in the 2016 Chennai Test.

Here is a list of all cricketers who have been dismissed or remained not out on 199 in Test cricket.

The right-hander, meanwhile, has the most fifty-plus scores against Australia. Rahul has gone past the 50-run mark nine times, which includes a century. All of his fifty-plus knocks have come as an opener, the fourth-most by an Indian opener against Australia.

Five of Rahul’s nine fifty-plus knocks came in a row versus Australia in the 2017 series. This is the joint-most consecutive fifties by an Indian batter against Australia in Test cricket. Gundappa Viswanath is the other to do so in the 1977-78 Australia tour.


Analyzing KL Rahul’s Batting Form Against Other Teams

Rahul is one of the 24 Indian batters with more than 2000 Test runs against SENA countries combined.

Rahul’s average of 41.55 against the West Indies, the highest for him against a Test team with a minimum of 300 runs.

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