KL Rahul missses the bus by a whisker in joining the Indian opening batsmen who have scored 200 plus runs in a test innings
There are 18 occasions of an indian opening batsman scoring 200 plus runs in a test innings. The following table lists all such occasions. KL Rahul missed the bus narrowly when he was dismissed for 199 against England at Chennai in the going test
| No | Player | Runs | Inns | Opposition | Ground | Start Date |
| 1 | MH Mankad | 223 | 1 | v New Zealand | Mumbai (BS) | 02 Dec 1955 |
| 2 | MH Mankad | 231 | 1 | v New Zealand | Chennai | 06 Jan 1956 |
| 3 | DN Sardesai | 200* | 3 | v New Zealand | Mumbai (BS) | 12 Mar 1965 |
| 4 | SM Gavaskar | 220 | 3 | v West Indies | Port of Spain | 13 Apr 1971 |
| 5 | SM Gavaskar | 205 | 1 | v West Indies | Mumbai | 01 Dec 1978 |
| 6 | SM Gavaskar | 221 | 4 | v England | The Oval | 30 Aug 1979 |
| 7 | AD Gaekwad | 201 | 2 | v Pakistan | Jalandhar | 24 Sep 1983 |
| 8 | RJ Shastri | 206 | 2 | v Australia | Sydney | 02 Jan 1992 |
| 9 | NS Sidhu | 201 | 2 | v West Indies | Port of Spain | 14 Mar 1997 |
| 10 | V Sehwag | 309 | 1 | v Pakistan | Multan | 28 Mar 2004 |
| 11 | V Sehwag | 201 | 2 | v Pakistan | Bangalore | 24 Mar 2005 |
| 12 | V Sehwag | 254 | 2 | v Pakistan | Lahore | 13 Jan 2006 |
| 13 | W Jaffer | 212 | 3 | v West Indies | St John’s | 02 Jun 2006 |
| 14 | W Jaffer | 202 | 1 | v Pakistan | Kolkata | 30 Nov 2007 |
| 15 | V Sehwag | 319 | 2 | v South Africa | Chennai | 26 Mar 2008 |
| 16 | V Sehwag | 201* | 1 | v Sri Lanka | Galle | 31 Jul 2008 |
| 17 | G Gambhir | 206 | 1 | v Australia | Delhi | 29 Oct 2008 |
| 18 | V Sehwag | 293 | 2 | v Sri Lanka | Mumbai (BS) | 02 Dec 2009 |