Manchester, July 26 -- Indian batter KL Rahul has become the second Asian opener to aggregate 500-plus runs in a Test series in England, after legendary batter Sunil Gavaskar (542 in 1979). He's also the second visiting opener to do that in the country in the 21st century after Graeme Smith (714 runs in 2003).

He achieved this feat in his outing against England in the fourth test of Anderson-Tendulkar trophy in Manchester. He has slammed 508 runs in four matches at an average of 72.57 with two hundreds and fifties each.

He remained not out on 87 at the end of Day 4. His partnership with Indian skipper Shubman Gill of 174 runs helped India to finish Day 4 on 174/2, trailing by 137 runs. England went wicketless in the final two sessions o...