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KL Rahul on Saturday became the second India batter after Dilip Vengsarkar to achieve this huge milestone on the third day of the ongoing third Test against England at Lord's. 

Over the years, many Indian batters have smashed centuries in England in Test cricket. When it comes to current members of the Indian Test team, they have started the ongoing England tour with bang. Four Indian batters - Yashashvi Jaiswal, Shubman Gill, Rishabh Pant and KL Rahul smashed centuries in the first Test  of the ongoing tour. Ahead of the second Test, let's take a look at Indian batters who have hit most Test centuries in England:

The Shubman Gill-led Indian cricket team will start a new era in Tests with a five-match series in England, starting June 20, 2025 in Headingley, Leeds. All eyes will be on batters, who have big shoes to fill after the retirement of Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli. In the challenging conditions of England, the performance of batters can dictate the success of the Indian team on the tour. Ahead of the much-anticipated tour, let's take a look at top 10 batters, who have scored most Test runs for India in England.

The Indian cricket team will start a new era in Tests with a five-match series against England. With Shubman Gill as the new Test captain and Rishabh Pant as vice-captain, India are all set to enter the transition phase after the retirements of Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli, and Ravichandran Ashwin. The first Test between India and England is set to be played from June 20 at Headingley, Leeds and it will mark the beginning of the next World Test Championship 2025-27 cycle. Ahead of the start of the blockbuster series, let's take a look at star batters, who have scored most runs in India vs England Test matches in history. Here’s the list of the top 10 batters with most runs in IND vs ENG Tests:

Both in the 2024 T20 World Cup and the Champions Trophy, Rohit's cameos in challenging batting conditions were worth their weight in gold. In Dubai, he made sure India got the most out of the powerplay, especially in the high-pressure run chase against New Zealand in the final.

Former India coach Rahul Dravid has played in 4 matches at the MCG and amassed 263 runs.

Vengsarkar criticised the previous selectors Vengsarkar highlighted the appointment of Shikhar Dhawan as captain “Selectors have failed to identify an ideal candidate”.

What enabled Virat Kohli to win Test matches overseas regularly was the fast bowling resources he had at his disposal. 

Former India batter and chairman of selectors Dilip Vengsarkar has slammed BCCI president Sourav Ganguly for speaking on behalf of current selectors and creating an unnecessary controversy in Indian cricket. 

Dilip Vengsarkar names Virat Kohli and Co. favourites for WTC final 2021 against New Zealand.   

Former chief selector and India captain Dilip Vengsarkar accused BCCI president Ganguly of wearing multiple hats. Vengsarkar slammed Ganguly for speaking on behalf of the BCCI selectors, thus undermining their role. Vengsarkar was talking about the whole Rohit Sharma injury controversy.

India are leading the four-Test rubber 2-1 and are well-poised to make it 3-1 going into the final day of the series, in the last Test at the Sydney Cricket Ground on Monday.

Former India skipper Dilip Vengsarkar on Friday supported Virat Kohli's decision to prefer County stint over next month's one-off Test against Afghanistan to prepare for the challenging England tour.

Former BCCI president N Srinivasan on Friday rejected Dilip Vengsarkar's claims that he was responsible for the ex-India captain's removal as chairman of selectors, calling the charge "completely false, motivated and without any basis".

Former India skipper Dilip Vengsarkar was on Friday appointed as the chief mentor of the T20 Mumbai League, which will be played from March 11-21.

Vengsarkar has claimed that he lost his job as chairman of selectors for picking Kohli over Tamil Nadu's domestic heavyweight S Badrinath in 2008, courtesy the then BCCI Secretary N Srinivasan.

India are set to tour South Africa early next year, where they play three Tests, six One-Day Internationals, and three Twenty20s. The first Test will be played at Cape Town from January 5.

Vengsarkar also wanted Mumbai as the reserve venue if Hyderabad CA is unable to hold the one-off India-Bangladesh Test match.

The decision of Vengsarkar to quit follows the resignation tendered by Sharad Powar as president of the MCA .

MS Dhoni will reportedly get to play for India A in a couple of warm-up games before the ODI series begins.