New Delhi: The tour of England has been very good so far for Indian star opener KL Rahul. He is scoring runs in almost every match. Something similar was seen in the Manchester Test as well. After scoring 46 runs in the first innings of this match he continued his form in the second innings as well. In the second innings the Indian team lost 2 wickets without opening the account. After this Rahul handled the innings and once again crossed the 50-run mark. During this match he made a big record in his name. What record did KL Rahul achieve? KL Rahul did a feat during this match which only Sunil Gavaskar could do before this. During this match Rahul completed 1000 runs as an opener while playing Test cricket in England. Let us tell you he is only the second Asian opener who has scored 1000 Test runs in England. KL Rahul has done this feat in just 24 innings in the difficult conditions of England. Whereas Gavaskar had 1152 runs in 28 innings. Apart from these two players no Asian opener has been able to do this feat in England. Who are the other players in the list? After Gavaskar and KL Rahul Vijay Merchant and Sadiq Mohammad are the next Asian openers to score the most runs in England. Vijay Merchant scored 527 runs in 11 innings and Sadiq Mohammad scored 522 runs in 15 innings. However Rahul has set a new benchmark by leaving these legends behind with his consistent good innings. KL Rahul now has a great chance to leave Sunil Gavaskar behind in this list. How is KL Rahuls performance in the series? This series has been quite memorable for KL Rahul so far. Playing as an opener he has scored runs in every match. In the first match of the series he scored 42 runs and 137 runs. At the same time he scored 2 runs and 55 runs in the second match. Then in the third Test he played innings of 100 runs and 39 runs. Now in the Manchester Test too he has played an important innings for the team.