KL Rahul of India scored 85 in the first innings of the ongoing Palekele test against Sri Lanka which was his seventh consecutive test innings fifty. He became the sixth batsman in the annals of test cricket to score seven fifties in consecutive innings. The performance of these seven batsmen are tabulated below

 

No	Player	50s	Runs	Inns	Team	Opposition	Ground	Match Date
1	ED Weekes	7	141	2	West Indies	v England	Kingston	27 Mar 1948
			128	1	West Indies	v India	Delhi	10 Nov 1948
			194	1	West Indies	v India	Mumbai (BS)	09 Dec 1948
			162	1	West Indies	v India	Kolkata	31 Dec 1948
			101	3	West Indies	v India	Kolkata	31 Dec 1948
			90	1	West Indies	v India	Chennai	27 Jan 1949
			56	1	West Indies	v India	Mumbai (BS)	04 Feb 1949
2	A Flower	7	65	3	Zimbabwe	v New Zealand	Harare	19 Sep 2000
			183*	1	Zimbabwe	v India	Delhi	18 Nov 2000
			70	3	Zimbabwe	v India	Delhi	18 Nov 2000
			55	2	Zimbabwe	v India	Nagpur	25 Nov 2000
			232*	3	Zimbabwe	v India	Nagpur	25 Nov 2000
			79	2	Zimbabwe	v New Zealand	Wellington	26 Dec 2000
			73	2	Zimbabwe	v Bangladesh	Bulawayo	19 Apr 2001
3	S Chanderpaul	7	69	4	West Indies	v Pakistan	Karachi	27 Nov 2006
			74	2	West Indies	v England	Lord’s	17 May 2007
			50	2	West Indies	v England	Manchester	07 Jun 2007
			116*	4	West Indies	v England	Manchester	07 Jun 2007
			136*	1	West Indies	v England	Ch-le-St	15 Jun 2007
			70	3	West Indies	v England	Ch-le-St	15 Jun 2007
			104	1	West Indies	v South Africa	Port Elizabeth	26 Dec 2007
4	KC Sangakkara	7	75	2	Sri Lanka	v Bangladesh	Dhaka	27 Jan 2014
			319	1	Sri Lanka	v Bangladesh	Chittagong	04 Feb 2014
			105	3	Sri Lanka	v Bangladesh	Chittagong	04 Feb 2014
			147	2	Sri Lanka	v England	Lord’s	12 Jun 2014
			61	4	Sri Lanka	v England	Lord’s	12 Jun 2014
			79	1	Sri Lanka	v England	Leeds	20 Jun 2014
			55	3	Sri Lanka	v England	Leeds	20 Jun 2014
5	CJL Rogers	7	55	2	Australia	v India	Brisbane	17 Dec 2014
			55	4	Australia	v India	Brisbane	17 Dec 2014
			57	1	Australia	v India	Melbourne	26 Dec 2014
			69	3	Australia	v India	Melbourne	26 Dec 2014
			95	1	Australia	v India	Sydney	06 Jan 2015
			56	3	Australia	v India	Sydney	06 Jan 2015
			95	2	Australia	v England	Cardiff	08 Jul 2015
6	KL Rahul	7	90	1	India	v Australia	Bengaluru	04 Mar 2017
			51	3	India	v Australia	Bengaluru	04 Mar 2017
			67	2	India	v Australia	Ranchi	16 Mar 2017
			60	2	India	v Australia	Dharamsala	25 Mar 2017
			51*	4	India	v Australia	Dharamsala	25 Mar 2017
			57	1	India	v Sri Lanka	Colombo (SSC)	03 Aug 2017
			85	1	India	v Sri Lanka	Palekele	12 Aug 2017