Follow UsAfter Ben Stokes won the toss and asked India to bat in the first Test at Headingley, he would have certainly wanted a couple of quick wickets. However, KL Rahul and Yashasvi Jaiswal have stood tall and ensured that they put in the hard yards and get India off to a steady start.
In doing so, they have broken a record that stood for exactly 39 years. They now have the highest opening partnership for India at Headingley, Leeds.
91 - KL Rahul & Yashasvi Jaiswal, 2025*
64 - Sunil Gavaskar & Kris Srikkanth, 1986
39 - Farokh Engineer & Ramesh Saxena, 1967
34 - Rohit Sharma & KL Rahul, 2021
18 - Datta Gaekwad & Pankaj Roy, 1952
However, England did manage to get the better of Rahul, just five minutes before lunch on Day 1, after scoring 42 off 78. He chased a wide ball from Josh Tongue, and Joe Root made no mistake at second slip.