Birmingham, July 5 -- KL Rahul continued his fine overseas run in Test cricket, becoming only the second Indian opener after legendary Sunil Gavaskar to score 10 or more scores of fifty-plus in South Africa, England, New Zealand and South Africa (SENA) countries.

KL achieved this unique milestone during the second Test against England at Birmingham. In the second innings, after a poor score of two runs in the first, KL made up for it with a rock-solid, stroke-filled 55 in 84 balls, with 10 fours at a strike rate of 65.48.

Now in 23 SENA Tests as an opener since 2015, KL has scored 1,508 runs at an average of 35.06, with five centuries and five fifties each. His best score is 149.

Gavaskar has the most fifty-plus scores for India as an ...