KL Rahul’s Test career has once again become a hot topic after the knock of 42 runs in the first Test against England in Headingley. Despite being in the system for more than a decade, KL Rahul’s role in the Indian Red-Ball setup is not clear. However, in Leeds, he opened with Yashsvi Jaiswal.
Now, former Indian cricketers and famous commentators Deep Dasgupta and Sanjay Manjrekar are engaged in a lively conversation on how the team management has handled Rahul’s test career over the years.
KL Rahul’s role argued between Deep Dasgupta and Sanjay Manjrekar
While Rahul has 3257 runs from 58 tests, his average is not an average of just 33.57 at all. For a person with 10 years of experience, many believe that his number should have been far more impressive.
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But the real debate is about how he has been reshuffled around the batting order without any stability, which was yet to be re -exposed by the commentators. Deep Dasgupta has noted that KL Rahul has never been allowed to settle.
In 11 years, right -handed batsmen were opened, batted in mid -order, and even kept wickets, but rarely had a long rope in a certain role. Rahul’s adaptation ability is commendable, but lack of stability can be an important reason, which he has not reached its full potential in tests, as reported by Dasgupta.
Deep Dasgupta urged India to give a fixed role to KL Rahul
Deep Dasgupta said on Star Sports before the start of India’s innings, “Look, I hope they will give him a permanent position now. He made his debut in 2014. It has been more than a decade, but we still do not know where he fits in the Indian test side. Is he a middle-order batsman?”
I think it’s time to tell, ‘KL, you have to play this series or whatever you want to play, and you’re going to play as a opener. This is what you are going to do. And I think once you give him that situation, that security, we will see a different KL Rahul. ,
India uses Rahul according to its requirement, and former wicketkeeper batsman feels that it was unfair to the Karnataka star. He urged the team management to give Rahul a certain place to unlock his real ability in the longest format of the game.
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Sanjay Manjrekar questions questions from KL Rahul’s Test Credit Credit
Meanwhile, Sanjay Manjrekar disagreed with humility on KL Rahul with a deep Dasgupta. The former Indian batsman said that Rahul has not shown the level of stability in any batting position. He further said that if Rahul has a strong number, such as more than 50 as a opener, anyone will take him under the order.
He also stated that the upcoming innings in the ongoing five-match test series would be a major exam for Rahul, especially with additional responsibility on his shoulders to be one of the few senior players in the team after the retirement of Virat Kohli, Rohit Sharma, and Ravichandran Ashwin.
Sanjay Manjrekar said during the same discussion, “Have I allowed me to contradict? I will be good. I believe that KL Rahul has not shown the kind of stability in any situation that was in any situation. Is it a person who left 52 as a opener, no one would dare to leave him up to number 4 or 5.
