In the first Test match between India and England at Headingley, KL Rahul and Yashasvi Jaiswal put their team in the right place by having a good start after Ben Stokes won the toss and elected to field. The Indian opening duo toils hard, endures the English bowlers, and lays a good platform for the Indian innings.
Jaiswal, who had opened with India earlier in the Border-Gavaskar series, partnered with Rahul and opened the partnership after India was invited to bat first at Leeds. There was another fifty-plus stand taken by them, which put the visitors off to a good start. Their alliance with each other was strong because they were patient batsmen and made the English bowling hit the mat.
KL Rahul and Yashasvi Jaiswal’s Record-Breaking Partnership
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Indian cricketers Yashasvi Jaiswal and KL Rahul made a historical record in Headingley, Leeds, with their opening combination. They set the record (39 years old) of the highest opening partnership at Leeds by an Indian combination, beating that record, which was formerly achieved by Sunil Gavaskar and Kris Srikkanth. Gavaskar and Srikkanth were involved in a 64-run stand in the first innings of the historic Test of 1986, which they recorded as a record and remained unbeaten for ages. The association between Jaiswal and Rahul made a milestone in Indian cricket.
The opening partnership that Jaiswal and Rahul had was the second opening partnership at the place with an Indian pair to get to higher than half a century. The record-breaking stand will long be in the known and it shall be interesting to know how the rest of the team will follow up on such a good start. Having a strong base built, India stared at winning the game to make its mark in the Test match.
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