KL Rahul has so far displayed form, amassing 511 runs at an average of 63.88 in the ongoing five-match Test series against England. Although the right-hand batter has shown a tendency to leave the ball nicely and convert the starts into something substantial, in the past he has been guilty of throwing away decent starts, into big scores. However, the ongoing series against the hosts has seen the right-hand batter bat long enough to enable decent starts for India.
Along with Yashasvi Jaiswal, the veteran has enabled the visitors to get off to a quick start and put pressure on England by batting with positive intent.
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“I think the way KL Rahul has batted throughout this series has been impressive. In the past, we’ve often seen him start a series well but struggle to maintain that form. This time, however, he has shown remarkable consistency and batted with great responsibility. He also enjoys batting at The Oval — remember, in 2018, he scored a brilliant hundred there alongside Rishabh Pant. So, I’m sure there’s more to come from KL Rahul,” said Parthiv Patel speaking on JioHotstar.
Nasser Hussain lavishes praise on KL Rahul's batting
Apart from Parthiv Patel, former England skipper Nasser Hussain also lavished praise on KL Rahul's phenomenal batting for getting the visitors off to good starts consistently.
“I spoke to him in India when I went out. He was doing his shoot with one of his sponsors. I asked, ‘When will you start preparing?’ He said, ‘I’m going to get my little book out. ’ He’s a very good note-taker; he said he will look back at the notes he made on the previous tour of England and come early and just remind himself of what he did in the last tour when he had some success. And he has repeated it on this tour,” Nasser said.
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