KL Rahul’s 57 in the ongoing test against Sri Lanka at Col-SSC was his sixth fifty in consecutive innings. His feat of scoring six consecutive fifties provides the 30^th occasion of batsmen scoring six or more fifties in consecutive innings in the annals of test cricket.

 

ED Weekes of West  Indies, A Flower of Zimbabwe, S Chanderpaul  of  West Indies and KC Sangakkara of Sri Lanka  and CJL Rogers of Australia are the five batsmen who have scored fifties in seven consecutive innings. ED Weekes’ record which was established in Jan 1949 stood for 51 years till A Flower emulated hin the 2000.

 

No	Player	50s	Runs	Inns	Team	Oppn	Ground	Match Date
1	ED Weekes	7	141	2	Win	v Eng	Kingston	27 Mar 1948
			128	1	Win	v Ind	Delhi	10 Nov 1948
			194	1	Win	v Ind	Mumbai (BS)	09 Dec 1948
			162	1	Win	v Ind	Kolkata	31 Dec 1948
			101	3	Win	v Ind	Kolkata	31 Dec 1948
			90	1	Win	v Ind	Chennai	27 Jan 1949
			56	1	Win	v Ind	Mumbai (BS)	04 Feb 1949
2	A Flower	7	65	3	Zim	v NZl	Harare	19 Sep 2000
			183*	1	Zim	v Ind	Delhi	18 Nov 2000
			70	3	Zim	v Ind	Delhi	18 Nov 2000
			55	2	Zim	v Ind	Nagpur	25 Nov 2000
			232*	3	Zim	v Ind	Nagpur	25 Nov 2000
			79	2	Zim	v NZl	Wellington	26 Dec 2000
			73	2	Zim	v Ban	Bulawayo	19 Apr 2001
3	S Chanderpaul	7	69	4	Win	v Pak	Karachi	27 Nov 2006
			74	2	Win	v Eng	Lord’s	17 May 2007
			50	2	Win	v Eng	Manchester	07 Jun 2007
			116*	4	Win	v Eng	Manchester	07 Jun 2007
			136*	1	Win	v Eng	Ch-le-St	15 Jun 2007
			70	3	Win	v Eng	Ch-le-St	15 Jun 2007
			104	1	Win	v SAF	P Elizabeth	26 Dec 2007
4	KC Sangakkara	7	75	2	Srl	v Ban	Dhaka	27 Jan 2014
			319	1	Srl	v Ban	Chittagong	04 Feb 2014
			105	3	Srl	v Ban	Chittagong	04 Feb 2014
			147	2	Srl	v Eng	Lord’s	12 Jun 2014
			61	4	Srl	v Eng	Lord’s	12 Jun 2014
			79	1	Srl	v Eng	Leeds	20 Jun 2014
			55	3	Srl	v Eng	Leeds	20 Jun 2014
5	CJL Rogers	7	55	2	Aus	v Ind	Brisbane	17 Dec 2014
			55	4	Aus	v Ind	Brisbane	17 Dec 2014
			57	1	Aus	v Ind	Melbourne	26 Dec 2014
			69	3	Aus	v Ind	Melbourne	26 Dec 2014
			95	1	Aus	v Ind	Sydney	06 Jan 2015
			56	3	Aus	v Ind	Sydney	06 Jan 2015
			95	2	Aus	v Eng	Cardiff	08 Jul 2015
6	J Ryder	6	78*	1	Aus	v SAF	Durban	05 Nov 1921
			58	3	Aus	v SAF	Durban	05 Nov 1921
			56	1	Aus	v SAF	Johannesburg	12 Nov 1921
			142	2	Aus	v SAF	Cape Town	26 Nov 1921
			201*	1	Aus	v Eng	Adelaide	16 Jan 1925
			88	3	Aus	v Eng	Adelaide	16 Jan 1925
7	EH Hendren	6	77	1	Eng	v Win	Port of Spain	01 Feb 1930
			205*	3	Eng	v Win	Port of Spain	01 Feb 1930
			56	2	Eng	v Win	Georgetown	21 Feb 1930
			123	4	Eng	v Win	Georgetown	21 Feb 1930
			61	1	Eng	v Win	Kingston	03 Apr 1930
			55	3	Eng	v Win	Kingston	03 Apr 1930
8	GA Headley	6	93	3	Win	v Eng	Port of Spain	24 Jan 1935
			53	2	Win	v Eng	Georgetown	14 Feb 1935
			270*	1	Win	v Eng	Kingston	14 Mar 1935
			106	1	Win	v Eng	Lord’s	24 Jun 1939
			107	3	Win	v Eng	Lord’s	24 Jun 1939
			51	2	Win	v Eng	Manchester	22 Jul 1939
9	A Melville	6	67	2	SAF	v Eng	Johannesburg	18 Feb 1939
			78	1	SAF	v Eng	Durban	03 Mar 1939
			103	3	SAF	v Eng	Durban	03 Mar 1939
			189	1	SAF	v Eng	Nottingham	07 Jun 1947
			104*	4	SAF	v Eng	Nottingham	07 Jun 1947
			117	2	SAF	v Eng	Lord’s	21 Jun 1947
10	GS Sobers	6	52	1	Win	v Pak	Bridgetown	17 Jan 1958
			52	1	Win	v Pak	Port of Spain	05 Feb 1958
			80	3	Win	v Pak	Port of Spain	05 Feb 1958
			365*	2	Win	v Pak	Kingston	26 Feb 1958
			125	2	Win	v Pak	Georgetown	13 Mar 1958
			109*	4	Win	v Pak	Georgetown	13 Mar 1958
11	ER Dexter	6	85	1	Eng	v Pak	Nottingham	26 Jul 1962
			172	1	Eng	v Pak	The Oval	16 Aug 1962
			70	2	Eng	v Aus	Brisbane	30 Nov 1962
			99	4	Eng	v Aus	Brisbane	30 Nov 1962
			93	2	Eng	v Aus	Melbourne	29 Dec 1962
			52	4	Eng	v Aus	Melbourne	29 Dec 1962
12	KF Barrington	6	63	2	Eng	v Aus	Adelaide	25 Jan 1963
			132*	4	Eng	v Aus	Adelaide	25 Jan 1963
			101	1	Eng	v Aus	Sydney	15 Feb 1963
			94	3	Eng	v Aus	Sydney	15 Feb 1963
			126	1	Eng	v NZl	Auckland	23 Feb 1963
			76	2	Eng	v NZl	Wellington	01 Mar 1963
13	KD Walters	6	76	2	Aus	v Win	Melbourne	26 Dec 1968
			118	2	Aus	v Win	Sydney	03 Jan 1969
			110	2	Aus	v Win	Adelaide	24 Jan 1969
			50	4	Aus	v Win	Adelaide	24 Jan 1969
			242	1	Aus	v Win	Sydney	14 Feb 1969
			103	3	Aus	v Win	Sydney	14 Feb 1969
14	GS Chappell	6	68	1	Aus	v Win	Melbourne	31 Jan 1976
			54*	3	Aus	v Win	Melbourne	31 Jan 1976
			52	2	Aus	v Pak	Adelaide	24 Dec 1976
			70	4	Aus	v Pak	Adelaide	24 Dec 1976
			121	1	Aus	v Pak	Melbourne	01 Jan 1977
			67	3	Aus	v Pak	Melbourne	01 Jan 1977
15	GR Viswanath	6	59	1	Ind	v Aus	Melbourne	30 Dec 1977
			54	3	Ind	v Aus	Melbourne	30 Dec 1977
			79	2	Ind	v Aus	Sydney	07 Jan 1978
			89	2	Ind	v Aus	Adelaide	28 Jan 1978
			73	4	Ind	v Aus	Adelaide	28 Jan 1978
			145	2	Ind	v Pak	Faisalabad	16 Oct 1978
16	Zaheer Abbas	6	91	2	Pak	v Aus	Karachi	22 Sep 1982
			126	1	Pak	v Aus	Faisalabad	30 Sep 1982
			52	2	Pak	v Aus	Lahore	14 Oct 1982
			215	1	Pak	v Ind	Lahore	10 Dec 1982
			186	2	Pak	v Ind	Karachi	23 Dec 1982
			168	2	Pak	v Ind	Faisalabad	03 Jan 1983
17	AR Border	6	80	2	Aus	v Eng	Manchester	27 Jul 1989
			65*	1	Aus	v Eng	Nottingham	10 Aug 1989
			76	1	Aus	v Eng	The Oval	24 Aug 1989
			51*	3	Aus	v Eng	The Oval	24 Aug 1989
			50	1	Aus	v NZl	Perth	24 Nov 1989
			56	1	Aus	v Srl	Brisbane	08 Dec 1989
18	MA Taylor	6	108	3	Aus	v Srl	Hobart	16 Dec 1989
			52	1	Aus	v Pak	Melbourne	12 Jan 1990
			101	3	Aus	v Pak	Melbourne	12 Jan 1990
			77	2	Aus	v Pak	Adelaide	19 Jan 1990
			59	4	Aus	v Pak	Adelaide	19 Jan 1990
			101*	2	Aus	v Pak	Sydney	03 Feb 1990
19	R Dravid	6	92	1	Ind	v Srl	Nagpur	26 Nov 1997
			93	1	Ind	v Srl	Mumbai	03 Dec 1997
			85	3	Ind	v Srl	Mumbai	03 Dec 1997
			52	1	Ind	v Aus	Chennai	06 Mar 1998
			56	3	Ind	v Aus	Chennai	06 Mar 1998
			86	2	Ind	v Aus	Kolkata	18 Mar 1998
20	JH Kallis	6	177	2	SAF	v Win	Durban	26 Dec 2003
			73	1	SAF	v Win	Cape Town	02 Jan 2004
			130*	3	SAF	v Win	Cape Town	02 Jan 2004
			130*	1	SAF	v Win	Centurion	16 Jan 2004
			92	1	SAF	v NZl	Hamilton	10 Mar 2004
			150*	3	SAF	v NZl	Hamilton	10 Mar 2004
21	Mohammad Yousuf	6	128	2	Pak	v Eng	The Oval	17 Aug 2006
			192	2	Pak	v Win	Lahore	11 Nov 2006
			56	1	Pak	v Win	Multan	19 Nov 2006
			191	3	Pak	v Win	Multan	19 Nov 2006
			102	1	Pak	v Win	Karachi	27 Nov 2006
			124	3	Pak	v Win	Karachi	27 Nov 2006
22	MEK Hussey	6	182	2	Aus	v Ban	Chittagong	16 Apr 2006
			86	1	Aus	v Eng	Brisbane	23 Nov 2006
			91	2	Aus	v Eng	Adelaide	01 Dec 2006
			61*	4	Aus	v Eng	Adelaide	01 Dec 2006
			74*	1	Aus	v Eng	Perth	14 Dec 2006
			103	3	Aus	v Eng	Perth	14 Dec 2006
23	KC Sangakkara	6	200*	2	Srl	v Ban	Col-PSS	03 Jul 2007
			222*	2	Srl	v Ban	Kandy	11 Jul 2007
			57	2	Srl	v Aus	Hobart	16 Nov 2007
			192	4	Srl	v Aus	Hobart	16 Nov 2007
			92	1	Srl	v Eng	Kandy	01 Dec 2007
			152	3	Srl	v Eng	Kandy	01 Dec 2007
24	PA Jaques	6	66	2	Aus	v Ban	Chittagong	16 Apr 2006
			100	1	Aus	v Srl	Brisbane	08 Nov 2007
			150	1	Aus	v Srl	Hobart	16 Nov 2007
			68	3	Aus	v Srl	Hobart	16 Nov 2007
			66	1	Aus	v Ind	Melbourne	26 Dec 2007
			51	3	Aus	v Ind	Melbourne	26 Dec 2007
25	S Chanderpaul	6	107*	2	Win	v Aus	North Sound	30 May 2008
			77*	4	Win	v Aus	North Sound	30 May 2008
			79*	2	Win	v Aus	Bridgetown	12 Jun 2008
			50	4	Win	v Aus	Bridgetown	12 Jun 2008
			76	2	Win	v NZl	Dunedin	11 Dec 2008
			126*	1	Win	v NZl	Napier	19 Dec 2008
26	Misbah-ul-Haq	6	76*	4	Pak	v SAF	Dubai (DSC)	12 Nov 2010
			77	2	Pak	v SAF	Abu Dhabi	20 Nov 2010
			58*	4	Pak	v SAF	Abu Dhabi	20 Nov 2010
			62	2	Pak	v NZl	Hamilton	07 Jan 2011
			99	2	Pak	v NZl	Wellington	15 Jan 2011
			70*	4	Pak	v NZl	Wellington	15 Jan 2011
27	AN Cook	6	82	2	Eng	v Aus	Melbourne	26 Dec 2010
			189	2	Eng	v Aus	Sydney	03 Jan 2011
			133	2	Eng	v Srl	Cardiff	26 May 2011
			96	1	Eng	v Srl	Lord’s	03 Jun 2011
			106	3	Eng	v Srl	Lord’s	03 Jun 2011
			55	2	Eng	v Srl	Southampton	16 Jun 2011
28	DA Warner	6	115	3	Aus	v SAF	Centurion	12 Feb 2014
			70	2	Aus	v SAF	P Elizabeth	20 Feb 2014
			66	4	Aus	v SAF	P Elizabeth	20 Feb 2014
			135	1	Aus	v SAF	Cape Town	01 Mar 2014
			145	3	Aus	v SAF	Cape Town	01 Mar 2014
			133	2	Aus	v Pak	Dubai (DSC)	22 Oct 2014
29	JE Root	6	56	3	Eng	v Ind	Southampton	27 Jul 2014
			77	2	Eng	v Ind	Manchester	07 Aug 2014
			149*	2	Eng	v Ind	The Oval	15 Aug 2014
			83	1	Eng	v Win	North Sound	13 Apr 2015
			59	3	Eng	v Win	North Sound	13 Apr 2015
			182*	2	Eng	v Win	St George’s	21 Apr 2015
30	KL Rahul	6	90	1	Ind	v Aus	Bengaluru	04 Mar 2017
			51	3	Ind	v Aus	Bengaluru	04 Mar 2017
			67	2	Ind	v Aus	Ranchi	16 Mar 2017
			60	2	Ind	v Aus	Dharamsala	25 Mar 2017
			51*	4	Ind	v Aus	Dharamsala	25 Mar 2017
			57	1	Ind	v Srl	Col-SSC	03 Aug 2017

 

KL Rahul became the third Indian batsman to score six fifties in consecutive  innings.  He emulated GR Viswanath and R Dravid. By a coincidence all these three batsmen represent the same state – Karnataka – in domestic cricket

 

No	Player	50s	Runs	Inns	Team	Oppn	Ground	Match Date
1	GR Viswanath	6	59	1	Ind	v Aus	Melbourne	30 Dec 1977
			54	3	Ind	v Aus	Melbourne	30 Dec 1977
			79	2	Ind	v Aus	Sydney	07 Jan 1978
			89	2	Ind	v Aus	Adelaide	28 Jan 1978
			73	4	Ind	v Aus	Adelaide	28 Jan 1978
			145	2	Ind	v Pak	Faisalabad	16 Oct 1978
2	R Dravid	6	92	1	Ind	v Srl	Nagpur	26 Nov 1997
			93	1	Ind	v Srl	Mumbai	03 Dec 1997
			85	3	Ind	v Srl	Mumbai	03 Dec 1997
			52	1	Ind	v Aus	Chennai	06 Mar 1998
			56	3	Ind	v Aus	Chennai	06 Mar 1998
			86	2	Ind	v Aus	Kolkata	18 Mar 1998
3	KL Rahul	6	90	1	Ind	v Aus	Bengaluru	04 Mar 2017
			51	3	Ind	v Aus	Bengaluru	04 Mar 2017
			67	2	Ind	v Aus	Ranchi	16 Mar 2017
			60	2	Ind	v Aus	Dharamsala	25 Mar 2017
			51*	4	Ind	v Aus	Dharamsala	25 Mar 2017
			57	1	Ind	v Srl	Col-SSC	03 Aug 2017

 

 

S Chanderpaul and KC Sangakkara are the only two batsmen to have performed the feat of scoring six and seven fifties in consecutive innings

 

No	Player	50s	Runs	Inns	Team	Oppn	Ground	Match Date
1	S Chanderpaul	7	69	4	Win	v Pak	Karachi	27 Nov 2006
			74	2	Win	v Eng	Lord’s	17 May 2007
			50	2	Win	v Eng	Manchester	07 Jun 2007
			116*	4	Win	v Eng	Manchester	07 Jun 2007
			136*	1	Win	v Eng	Ch-le-St	15 Jun 2007
			70	3	Win	v Eng	Ch-le-St	15 Jun 2007
			104	1	Win	v SAF	P Elizabeth	26 Dec 2007
2	S Chanderpaul	6	107*	2	Win	v Aus	North Sound	30 May 2008
			77*	4	Win	v Aus	North Sound	30 May 2008
			79*	2	Win	v Aus	Bridgetown	12 Jun 2008
			50	4	Win	v Aus	Bridgetown	12 Jun 2008
			76	2	Win	v NZl	Dunedin	11 Dec 2008
			126*	1	Win	v NZl	Napier	19 Dec 2008
1	KC Sangakkara	7	75	2	Srl	v Ban	Dhaka	27 Jan 2014
			319	1	Srl	v Ban	Chittagong	04 Feb 2014
			105	3	Srl	v Ban	Chittagong	04 Feb 2014
			147	2	Srl	v Eng	Lord’s	12 Jun 2014
			61	4	Srl	v Eng	Lord’s	12 Jun 2014
			79	1	Srl	v Eng	Leeds	20 Jun 2014
			55	3	Srl	v Eng	Leeds	20 Jun 2014
2	KC Sangakkara	6	200*	2	Srl	v Ban	Col-PSS	03 Jul 2007
			222*	2	Srl	v Ban	Kandy	11 Jul 2007
			57	2	Srl	v Aus	Hobart	16 Nov 2007
			192	4	Srl	v Aus	Hobart	16 Nov 2007
			92	1	Srl	v Eng	Kandy	01 Dec 2007
			152	3	Srl	v Eng	Kandy	01 Dec 2007