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KL Rahul – Test Runs (Year-by-Year)

KL Rahul is now an unavoidable batting force in the Indian cricket team. The Karnataka-born batsman is among the few cricketers to represent the Indian cricket team in all three international formats.

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His growth as a cricketer in the last six years is phenomenal as the opening batter is recently named the deputy to the Indian captain Rohit Sharma in white-ball cricket.

This article will discuss the year-wise batting stats of KL Rahul in Test cricket.

KL Rahul – Test Runs Yearwise

YEAR RUNS INNINGS AVERGAE CENTURIES HIGH SCORE
2014 4 2 2.00 0 3
2015 252 8 31.50 2 110
2016 539 9 59.89 2 199
2017 633 14 48.69 0 90
2018 468 22 22.29 1 149
2019 110 5 22.00 0 44
2021 461 10 46.10 2 129
2022 137 8 17.12 0 50
2023 143 5 28.60 1 101
2024 493 16 35.21 0 86
2025 17 2 8.50 0 13
TOTAL 3257 101 33.57 8 199

Key Stats

KL Rahul scored his first Test hundred in the 2016′ New Year Test match in Sydney against Australia. It was only the Indian right-handed batters’ second Test match.

The opening Indian batter has had a wonderful start to his Test career, scoring 3 centuries in his first 6 Test matches, all coming away from India in three different countries. Check out Rahul’s country-wise Test records here.

It was in 2017 that he became the first Indian batter to score seven 50+ scores in Test cricket, equalling the world record for the most consecutive fifties in the longest format. He scored almost 650 runs that year, which is his personal best.