India, Aug. 3 -- It's not often that two Indian batters have made upwards of 500 runs in a Test series. Before this ongoing skirmish against England, only once previously - in 1971, during their historic tour of the Caribbean - had that feat been achieved, through debutant Sunil Gavaskar (774 runs) and the seasoned Dilip Sardesai (642).

At Old Trafford last week, KL Rahul (532) helped India replicate that achievement by joining sensational first-time skipper Shubman Gill (754) in the 500-club. On Saturday at The Oval, Ravindra Jadeja became India's third 500-plus batter of the series with a fifth half-century to go with a match-saving unbeaten 107 in Manchester.

Jadeja's continued blossoming as a Test batter has been one of the many ill...