KL Rahul and Yashasvi Jaiswal have created history in the first Test match being played at Haddingley, Leeds between India and England. Both shared a 91 -run partnership for the first wicket. This is the biggest opening partnership for India in the first Test in England.
Jaiswal and Rahul have broken the 39 -year -old record. The pair broke the record of Sunil Gavaskar and K Srikanth. Who shared an opening of 64 runs against England in 1986. Now Rahul and Jaiswal have become the biggest opening partnership batsmen for India in the headingley.
KL Rahul, who was doing strong batting, missed out on making a half -century. He was dismissed for 42 runs with the help of 8 fours in 78 balls. Rahul was caught by Bridan Cars in slip. At the same time, Rahul and Jaiswal have become the fourth big partnership pair in the first Test on the foreign tour.
The biggest opening partnership in the first innings of the first Test of the foreign tour
283 Murali Vijay-Shikhar Dhawan, Bangladesh, 2015
160 Virender Sehwag- Akash Chopra vs Pakistan, Multan, 2004
117 KL Rahul- Mayank Agarwal vs South Africa, Centurion, 2021
91 Yashasvi- KL Rahul vs England, Leeds-2025