KL Rahul Made A Special Record Against South Africa

KL Rahul made a special record against South Africa by scoring a half-century in the debut Test as captain.

In the Johannesburg Test match against South Africa, KL Rahul replaced the injured Virat Kohli as the captain of the Indian team.

KL Rahul won the toss and decided to bat first and also played the captaincy innings himself.

He faced 133 balls in the first innings of the second test match and scored 50 runs with the help of 9 fours. This innings of KL Rahul was very special for him and he also made a great record in his name.

KL Rahul became the first batsman to score a half-century for India in the debut Test as captain against South Africa

After scoring 50 in the first innings of the second Test against South Africa, KL Rahul became the first Indian batsman to score fifty in his debut Test innings as captain against South Africa.

Before KL Rahul, no other Indian batsman had done such a feat as a captain.

Apart from this, KL Rahul has come at number 8 in terms of playing the biggest in his debut Test innings as an Indian Test captain.

Vijay Hazare, who played an unbeaten 164 against England in 1951-52, holds the record for playing the biggest innings in his debut Test innings as a captain for India.

At the same time, Sunil Gavaskar is in second place in this case, who played an innings of 116 runs against New Zealand in 1975-76.

Virat Kohli scored 115 runs in his debut Test innings as captain against Australia in the year 2014-15 and he is at number three in this case.

Top 8 batsmen who made the highest score in their debut innings for India as Test captain-

164* Runs – Vijay Hazare v Eng 1951/52.

116 runs – Sunil Gavaskar v NZ 1975/76.

115 runs – Virat Kohli v Aus 2014/15.

84 runs – Sourav Ganguly v Ban 2000/01.

69 runs – Chandu Borde v Aus 1967/68.

63 Run- H Officer v WI ​​1958/59.

62 runs – Nari Contractor v Pak 1960/61.

50 runs – KL Rahul v SA 2021/22.