KL Rahul

Top-order batter, India, 67 Tests, 2014-2026. Debut v Australia, 2014

39.7Adjusted average, 50th of 143 batters. Raw 35.9, so +3.8 for how hard his runs were. It could reasonably be anywhere from 33 to 46.8.

Where the +3.8 comes from

The bowling he faced−0.4

Home or away+3.8

The grounds+0.4

Value per innings: 39.883rd
Each run worth: 1.15×
At home, adjusted: 34.1raw 40
Away, adjusted: 42.6raw 34.3

Head to head with Mohammad Rizwan His T20 ratings

Where his adjusted average could be. The shaded part is the 89% range; the taller the curve, the likelier.

Where he sits

47IJL TrottEngland40.1 48T BavumaSouth Africa40.1 49Mohammad RizwanPakistan39.9

50KL RahulIndia39.7

51DPMD JayawardeneSri Lanka39.6 52AT CareyAustralia39.4 53Abdullah ShafiquePakistan39.2

Every batter on one chart

Closest to him, head to head

DPMD JayawardeneSri Lanka39.6Head to head Mohammad RizwanPakistan39.9Head to head AT CareyAustralia39.4Head to head IJL TrottEngland40.1Head to head

Season by seasonBatting, as recorded

Year	Inns	Runs	HS	Avg	100	50	SR
2014	2	4	3	2.00	0	0	30.8
2015	8	252	110	31.50	2	0	47.9
2016	9	539	199	59.89	2	1	62.0
2017	14	633	90	48.69	0	9	58.9
2018	21	414	149	20.70	1	0	56.8
2019	5	110	44	22.00	0	0	39.7
2021	10	461	129	46.10	2	1	43.1
2022	8	137	50	17.13	0	1	36.1
2023	5	143	101	28.60	1	0	51.8
2024	16	493	86	35.21	0	4	57.5
2025	19	813	137	45.17	3	3	48.5
2026	3	135	82	45.00	0	1	52.9
Career	120	4134	199	35.95	11	20	51.7

Percentile rankingsvs all Test batters (2001–)

PoorAverageGreat

Value

Adjusted avg

Value / inns

39.8

Volume

Runs

4134

Average

35.95

Hundreds

Quality

Conversion

35.5

Strike rate

51.7

Consistency

Conditions

Away average

34.26

Career arc

Batting by opposition

Opp	Inns	Runs	Avg	100
England	34	1487	43.74	5
Australia	29	894	33.11	1
West Indies	13	570	51.82	2
Sri Lanka	14	489	34.93	1
South Africa	17	437	25.71	2
Bangladesh	9	175	21.88	0
New Zealand	4	82	20.50	0

Home & away

Home

39.97bat avg

34.1adjusted

Away

34.26bat avg

42.6adjusted

Batting by innings

Inns	Bat	Runs	Avg
1st	38	1304	34.32
2nd	29	1437	49.55
3rd	32	952	30.71
4th	21	441	25.94

Recent formLast 10 Tests

v Sri Lanka18Sinhalese Sports Club Ground2026-08-23 v Sri Lanka82 & 35Galle International Stadium2026-08-15 v South Africa22 & 6Barsapara Cricket Stadium, Guwahati2025-11-22 v South Africa39 & 1Eden Gardens, Kolkata2025-11-14 v West Indies38 & 58Arun Jaitley Stadium2025-10-10 v West Indies100Narendra Modi Stadium, Ahmedabad2025-10-02 v England14 & 7The Oval2025-07-31 v England46 & 90Old Trafford2025-07-23 v England100 & 39Lord's2025-07-10 v England2 & 55Edgbaston2025-07-02

Full recordAs recorded, 2001 to now

Innings: 120
Not outs: 5
Runs: 4134
Average: 35.95
Strike rate: 51.7
Highest: 199
Hundreds: 11
Fifties: 20
Ducks: 9