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**Indian Batsmen Achieve Milestones in England Test Series**
**Manchester, England** – Indian batsmen are making waves in the ongoing Test series in England, achieving several milestones. KL Rahul has become only the second Indian opener, after the legendary Sunil Gavaskar, to surpass 1000 Test runs on foreign soil. Gavaskar accomplished this feat three times, in the West Indies, England, and Pakistan.
Youngster Yashasvi Jaiswal reached 1000 Test runs against England on the first day of the Manchester Test with his half-century (58). He’s now the joint second-fastest Indian to achieve this, equalling Mohammad Azharuddin’s record in just 16 innings, behind Rahul Dravid who achieved it in 15 innings.
In a historic first, Rishabh Pant has become the first wicket-keeper batsman *ever* to score 1000+ Test runs on foreign soil. In the 148-year history of Test cricket, no other wicket-keeper has achieved this milestone. Pant also boasts an impressive 879 runs in Australia.
Rahul’s 46-run knock on day one also took his series total past 400 runs (421 in 7 innings). He currently stands third in the series behind Rishabh Pant (462 runs) and Shubman Gill (619 runs). This is only the third instance of three Indian batsmen scoring over 400 runs in a Test series on foreign soil. The previous instances were in 1977 in Australia (Sunil Gavaskar, Mohinder Amarnath, and Gundappa Viswanath) and in 2003/04 in Australia (Rahul Dravid, VVS Laxman, and Virender Sehwag).
Adding to the positives, the opening partnership of Yashasvi Jaiswal and KL Rahul forged the second-highest opening stand for India in Test matches in Manchester, adding 94 runs for the first wicket. The highest opening partnership remains with Vijay Merchant and Syed Mushtaq Ali, who scored 203 runs in 1936.
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