Twin fifties by Indian opening batsman at home – KL Rahul is the latest addition

Twin fifties by Indian opening batsman at home – KL Rahul is the latest addition

KL Rahul of India scored 90 and 51 in the ongoing test against Australia at Bengaluru to provide the 27th occasion of India’s opening batsman scoring fifties in both innings of a test at home. All such occasions are listed below.

No Player FI SI Opposition Ground Start Date
1 S Mushtaq Ali 54 106 v West Indies Kolkata 31 Dec 1948
2 MH Mankad 59 71* v England Kolkata 30 Dec 1951
3 ML Jaisimha 56 51 v England Mumbai (BS) 11 Nov 1961
4 AV Mankad 64 68 v Australia Kanpur 15 Nov 1969
5 FM Engineer 121 66 v England Mumbai (BS) 06 Feb 1973
6 CPS Chauhan 52 84 v West Indies Mumbai 01 Dec 1978
7 SM Gavaskar 205 73 v West Indies Mumbai 01 Dec 1978
8 SM Gavaskar 107 182* v West Indies Kolkata 29 Dec 1978
9 CPS Chauhan 58 84 v Australia Kanpur 02 Oct 1979
10 SM Gavaskar 50 64 v Pakistan Nagpur 05 Oct 1983
11 J Arun Lal 52 70 v Pakistan Kolkata 11 Feb 1987
12 K Srikkanth 71 65 v West Indies Mumbai 11 Dec 1987
13 NS Sidhu 107 76 v West Indies Nagpur 01 Dec 1994
14 A Jadeja 59 73 v New Zealand Bengaluru 18 Oct 1995
15 NS Sidhu 62 64 v Australia Chennai 06 Mar 1998
16 S Ramesh 60 96 v Pakistan Delhi 04 Feb 1999
17 A Chopra 60 52 v New Zealand Mohali 16 Oct 2003
18 W Jaffer 81 100 v England Nagpur 01 Mar 2006
19 W Jaffer 202 56 v Pakistan Kolkata 30 Nov 2007
20 G Gambhir 67 104 v Australia Mohali 17 Oct 2008
21 V Sehwag 66 92 v Australia Nagpur 06 Nov 2008
22 G Gambhir 179 97 v England Mohali 19 Dec 2008
23 V Sehwag 96 54* v New Zealand Hyd-RGS 12 Nov 2010
24 V Sehwag 55 55 v West Indies Delhi 06 Nov 2011
25 CA Pujara 52 82* v Australia Delhi 22 Mar 2013
26 M Vijay 65 76 v New Zealand Kanpur 22 Sep 2016
27 KL Rahul 90 51 v Australia Bengaluru 04 Mar 2017

KL Rahul of India scored 90 and 51 in the ongoing test against Australia at Bengaluru to provide the seventh occasion of India’s opening batsman scoring fifties in both innings of a test against Australia at home. All such occasions are listed below.

No Player FI SI Opposition Ground Start Date
1 AV Mankad 64 68 v Australia Kanpur 15 Nov 1969
2 CPS Chauhan 58 84 v Australia Kanpur 02 Oct 1979
3 NS Sidhu 62 64 v Australia Chennai 06 Mar 1998
4 G Gambhir 67 104 v Australia Mohali 17 Oct 2008
5 V Sehwag 66 92 v Australia Nagpur 06 Nov 2008
6 CA Pujara 52 82* v Australia Delhi 22 Mar 2013
7 KL Rahul 90 51 v Australia Bengaluru 04 Mar 2017

KL Rahul became the second Indian opening batsman to score twin fifties in a test at Bengaluru. A Jadeja had scored 59 and 73 against New Zealand in Oct 1995

No Player FI SI Opposition Ground Start Date
1 A Jadeja 59 73 v New Zealand Bengaluru 18 Oct 1995
2 KL Rahul 90 51 v Australia Bengaluru 04 Mar 2017

KL Rahul with his 90 and 51 in the ongoing Bengaluru test against Australia became the fourth Indian batsman to score a ninety and a fifty in a test at home. His feat provides the fifth such occasion. All the five occasions are listed below

No Player FI SI Opposition Ground Start Date
1 S Ramesh 60 96 v Pakistan Delhi 04 Feb 1999
2 V Sehwag 66 92 v Australia Nagpur 06 Nov 2008
3 G Gambhir 179 97 v England Mohali 19 Dec 2008
4 V Sehwag 96 54* v New Zealand Hyd-RGS 12 Nov 2010
5 KL Rahul 90 51 v Australia Bengaluru 04 Mar 2017

 

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