Sportskeeda's Top 50 Indian Test cricketers of all-time (50-41)

#43 KL Rahul

KL Rahul announced his arrival with a splendid century at the Sydney Cricket Ground

At 25, KL Rahul's induction to the pantheon of Indian greats might seem to be a premature one. But numbers seldom lie. Among all opening batsmen with at least 1000 Test runs for India, only Sunil Gavaskar and Virender Sehwag possess a better average than the elegant right-hander from Karnataka.

After forcing his way into the national team by scoring prolifically in the domestic circuit, Rahul has rapidly risen to become a batsman to keep an eye out for across all formats of the game. While those bottom-handed habits picked up from a glut of white-ball matches can creep into his Test game from time to time, he continues to score high-impact runs at the top of the order. His remarkable consistency in the 2017 home series against a determined Australian side not only fetched him 6 valuable half-centuries on raging turners but also helped India reclaim the Border-Gavaskar Trophy.

Career Span: 2014-present

Statistics: 1342 runs from 19 matches at an average of 46.27 with 4 centuries and 9 fifties