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KL Rahul left Cheteshwar Pujara behind, the most runs scored in WTC ..
Samira Vishwas | July 24, 2025 6:24 AM CST

Kl rahul overtakes cheteshwar pujara: The fourth match of Anderson-Tendulkar Trophy between India and England is being played in Manchester. In this match, Indian team opener KL Rahul missed his half -century. However, even after this, he has surpassed Chateshwar Pujara in terms of scoring the most runs in the World Test Championship.

KL Rahul has become the 7th batsman to score the most runs in the World Test Championship for India. Rahul broke the record of 1769 runs of Cheteshwar Pujara and has reached number 7 in the World Test Championship (WTC). Pujara last played for India in June 2023 against Australia at The Oval. He has 1769 runs in the 35 World Test Championship match.

Pujara left behind in 28 matches

At the same time, KL Rahul, playing his 28th match in the World Test Championship, overtook Pujara with the help of 46 runs. Now he has scored 1773 runs in the World Test Championship. Rahul has five centuries and 7 half -centuries in WTC. WTC has a total of 6 batsmen ahead of KL Rahul. Who has scored more than 2000 runs.

Most runs for India in WTC

Situation player name Match Run
1. Rohit Sharma 40 2716
2. Rishabh Pant 38 2677
3. Virat Kohli 46 2617
4. Shubman Gill 36 2500
5. Ravindra Jadeja 43 2212
6. Yashasvi Jaiswal* 23 2067
7. KL Rahul* 28 1770
8. Cheteshwar Pujara 35 1769
9. Ajinkya Rahane 29 1589
10. Mayank Aggarwal 19 1293

Rohit, who retired from Test cricket on 7 May 2015, is the highest run -scorer for India in the World Test Championship (WTC). Rohit played 40 matches and scored a total of 2716 runs in 69 innings with the help of nine centuries and eight half -centuries. After that Rishabh Pant is present at number two. He has scored 2677 runs in 37 matches. Pant, who has scored 425 runs in three matches of the current series, will have to score at least 40 runs in the fourth Test to break Rohit’s record and become the highest run player for India in the World Test Championship.

Root is the highest run in WTC

England batsman Joe Root holds the record for scoring the most runs in the World Test Championship. In the 67 matches played so far, Root has scored a total of 5976 runs. The 34 -year -old right -handed batsman, who has also captained England, needs 204 runs in the fourth Test to become the world’s first batsman to score 6000 runs in the World Test Championship.


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