Stats: KL Rahul equals the world record for fifty-plus scores in most consecutive Test innings

Rahul became the first Indian to score fifty or more in 7 consecutive innings in Test cricket.

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Indian cricketer Lokesh Rahul plays a shot. (Photo by LAKRUWAN WANNIARACHCHI/AFP/Getty Images)

KL Rahul continued his streak of scoring fifties in the Test cricket as he struck an unbeaten 67 in the first session of the 3rd and final Test against Sri Lanka at Pallekele. With this fifty-plus score, Rahul registered his 7th fifty in this format in as many innings. Thus he became the first Indian to score fifty or more in 7 consecutive innings in Test cricket. In the previous Test of the ongoing series, he equalled the Indian record of 6 consecutive fifty-plus scores held by his fellow Karnataka men Gundappa Viswanath and Rahul Dravid.

Prior to KL Rahul, only five players have scored fifty-plus scores in 7 consecutive innings with the last one being Chris Rogers, who scored fifties in 7 consecutive innings between 2014 and 2015. Rogers failed to convert all those 7 fifties to hundreds while Rahul too got out before scoring fifties in his previous 6 outings and will be looking to convert at least this into triple digit.

Among the six batsmen with scores of fifty or more in 7 consecutive innings, only Sir Everton Weekes and Rahul are right-handed batsmen. Remaining four are left-handers. Rahul will be trying out his chances to set a record for 50+ scores in most consecutive innings in his next Test or the 2nd innings of the ongoing Test.

Fifty-plus scores in most consecutive innings in Test cricket:

PlayerTeamRunsInnsOppositionGroundStart Date
Sir Everton WeekesWest Indies1412EnglandKingston27-Mar-1948
1281IndiaDelhi10-Nov-1948
1941IndiaMumbai (BS)9-Dec-1948
1621IndiaKolkata31-Dec-1948
1013IndiaKolkata31-Dec-1948
901IndiaChennai27-Jan-1949
561IndiaMumbai (BS)4-Feb-1949
Andy FlowerZimbabwe653New ZealandHarare19-Sep-2000
183*1IndiaDelhi18-Nov-2000
703IndiaDelhi18-Nov-2000
552IndiaNagpur25-Nov-2000
232*3IndiaNagpur25-Nov-2000
792New ZealandWellington26-Dec-2000
732BangladeshBulawayo19-Apr-2001
Shivnarine ChanderpaulWest Indies694PakistanKarachi27-Nov-2006
742EnglandLord’s17-May-2007
502EnglandManchester7-Jun-2007
116*4EnglandManchester7-Jun-2007
136*1EnglandChester-le-Street15-Jun-2007
703EnglandChester-le-Street15-Jun-2007
1041South AfricaPort Elizabeth26-Dec-2007
Kumar SangakkaraSri Lanka752BangladeshDhaka27-Jan-2014
3191BangladeshChittagong4-Feb-2014
1053BangladeshChittagong4-Feb-2014
1472EnglandLord’s12-Jun-2014
614EnglandLord’s12-Jun-2014
791EnglandLeeds20-Jun-2014
553EnglandLeeds20-Jun-2014
Chris RogersAustralia552IndiaBrisbane17-Dec-2014
554IndiaBrisbane17-Dec-2014
571IndiaMelbourne26-Dec-2014
693IndiaMelbourne26-Dec-2014
951IndiaSydney6-Jan-2015
563IndiaSydney6-Jan-2015
952EnglandCardiff8-Jul-2015
KL RahulIndia901AustraliaBengaluru4-Mar-2017
513AustraliaBengaluru4-Mar-2017
672AustraliaRanchi16-Mar-2017
602AustraliaDharamsala25-Mar-2017
51*4AustraliaDharamsala25-Mar-2017
571Sri LankaColombo (SSC)3-Aug-2017
60*1Sri Lanka Pallekele12-Aug-2017

(Stats as on August 12, 2017, at the time of Lunch in Sri Lanka-India Test)

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