IND vs Eng: First for the first time in 55 years! Shubman Gill, KL Rahul Script History for India in Test Cricket | Cricket news

New Delhi: India captain Shubman Gill and opener KL Rahul scripted history on Saturday as they became the first Indian batting pair in 55 years, each score 500-plus in a distant testing series that was obtained by Legend Sunil Gavaskar and Dilip Sardesai in 1970-71.Go beyond the border with our YouTube channel. Subscribe now!His record-breaking partnership came at a significant time for India during the fourth Test at England’s Old Trafford, Manchester. After surviving after a brilliant English attack by Ben Stokes’ magnificent 141 and England’s large -scale 669, India was quickly shaken – Yashasvi Jaiswal and Sai fell down to 0/2 with the fall for the duck with the ducks.

But Gill (78*) and Rahul (87*) faced the storm with a stunning rearguard action. Both took India in 174/2 days stumps in 4 days, yet lagged behind by 137 runs, but with a slight swinging towards visitors.Anchoring India’s hopes for a draw, both batsmen also dug up their name in record books. Gill’s tally climbed 697 runs in the series, while Rahul violated the 500-run mark-only became the second Indian opener to do so in a distant series after the Gavaskar.This is the only second example in Indian cricket history where two batsmen have scored more than 500 runs in the same distant test series. The previous incident took place in 1970–71, when Gavaskar (774) and Sardesai (642) separated the West Indies bowling attack.

Many Indian batsmen with 500-plus in the same distant testing series

Gavaskar also scored 500+ runs in a Test series in England after Gavaskar’s 542 -run attempt in 1979, and the first visiting opener to achieve tricks in the country in the 21st century after South Africa’s Graeme Smith (714 in 2003).With the remaining one day in the test, Gill and Rahul’s historical partnership has given India hope – and hold a firm on record books.