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KL Rahul can break Virat Kohli’s record, golden opportunity on the second day of the test match

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Virat Kohli and KL Rahul

IND vs SA Test: The first match of the two-match Test series between India and South Africa is being played at the SuperSport Park in Centurion. On the first day of this match, Team India scored 208 runs losing 8 wickets in 59 overs. The Indian team will be looking for a big score on the second day of the match. Where everyone has high expectations from KL Rahul. KL is controlling Team India’s innings from one end in this match. KL Rahul is playing in this match after scoring 70 runs on 105 balls. Meanwhile, KL Rahul has a chance to make a record. After which he will defeat even Virat Kohli.

Rahul can break Virat Kohli’s record

With his inning of 70 runs against South Africa, KL Rahul has scored 230 Test runs at the SuperSport Park in Centurion. He has reached second place in the list of outside batsmen who have scored the most runs at this venue. He has achieved this position, leaving behind the 228 runs of former Sri Lankan captain Kumar Sangakkara. In this list, the name of Team India’s star batsman Virat Kohli is at the first place. He has scored a total of 249 runs in Test cricket on this ground. In such a situation, if KL Rahul scores 20 more runs in this match, then he will come first in this list, leaving behind Virat Kohli. Virat Kohli has disappointed the fans with his batting in the second match of the series.

These star batsmen of Team India were flops

Apart from KL Rahul, no Indian batsman could touch the 40-run mark in this innings. Opener Rohit Sharma could play only 5 runs and Yashasvi Jaiswal could play only 17 runs. After this, Shubman Gill also returned to the pavilion after scoring 2 runs. Virat Kohli and Shreyas Iyer got a good start but could not score big. Virat Kohli was out after scoring 38 runs and Shreyas Iyer was out after scoring 31 runs.

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