KL Rahul of India scored 85 in the first innings of the Palekele test against Sri Lanka which was his seventh consecutive test innings fifty. He became the first Indian batsman to accomplish such a feat. He went past GR Viswanath and R Dravid who had scored six fifties in consecutive test innings.  The performance of these three batsmen are tabulated below. Interestingly enough, all the three batsmen – GR Viswanath, R Dravid and KL Rahul – represent Karnataka in domestic circuit

 

No	Player	50s	Runs	Inns	Team	Opposition	Ground	Match Date
1	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
2	GR Viswanath	6	59	1	India	v Australia	Melbourne	30 Dec 1977
			54	3	India	v Australia	Melbourne	30 Dec 1977
			79	2	India	v Australia	Sydney	07 Jan 1978
			89	2	India	v Australia	Adelaide	28 Jan 1978
			73	4	India	v Australia	Adelaide	28 Jan 1978
			145	2	India	v Pakistan	Faisalabad	16 Oct 1978
3	R Dravid	6	92	1	India	v Sri Lanka	Nagpur	26 Nov 1997
			93	1	India	v Sri Lanka	Mumbai	03 Dec 1997
			85	3	India	v Sri Lanka	Mumbai	03 Dec 1997
			52	1	India	v Australia	Chennai	06 Mar 1998
			56	3	India	v Australia	Chennai	60 Mar 1998
			86	2	India	v Australia	Kolkata	18 Mar 1998