NEW DELHI: In powerful batting circumstances, and his staff in tatters, KL Rahul produced one of many best knocks of his profession and bailed India out of troubled waters on the opening day of the Boxing Day Check in Centurion on Tuesday.
With a gritty unbeaten 70, Rahul took India to 208 for 8 at stumps on a rain-curtained day when the Proteas pacers had been at their best possible.
Whereas India stored on dropping common wickets at one finish, Rahul held the fort on the different to maintain India alive within the first innings.
Lauding the heroic effort from the middle-order batter, legendary Sunil Gavaskar stated that Rahul has been a special batter since his return from harm.
Mentioning Rahul seemed ‘misplaced’ earlier, Gavaskar stated the 31-year-old has approached his batting otherwise throughout codecs since his return.
“We have recognized about his expertise for such a very long time, however we’re attending to see it within the final eight, 9 months, ever since his comeback from this horrific harm that he had within the IPL, it is a completely different Rahul. It is a Rahul that we’ve been craving to see for such a very long time and such a delight to see. I stated it in commentary as properly that this half century to me, is pretty much as good as a century,” Gavaskar stated on Star Sports activities
“Whenever you’re out of the sport for such a very long time, the sport that you simply love, the sport that has given you the whole lot, nearly the whole lot, you are likely to get a special perspective, and that is exactly what he appears to have executed. And now, as a substitute of taking a look at it as a chore, I feel he is taking a look at it as a sport and to be loved. I may very well be utterly mistaken, however that is the impression I get as a result of there’s a lot positivity about his each motion. Earlier on, he used to look somewhat bit misplaced. He is not misplaced now. He is there, very a lot there. And that tells you the way in which he is approaching batting that century on the Asia Cup, that first recreation was an excellent century. You can say fortunate that Shreyas Iyer did harm his again and so he acquired a possibility to get into the XI. However that is what you want in life. You want a little bit of luck, however then that you must seize that with each fingers. And that is what he is executed. And now he is made himself undroppable in all three codecs,” he added.
Former India head coach Ravi Shastri too was in awe of the Rahul knock, labelling it ‘fairly wonderful’.
“He has made batting look simple. Whenever you take a look at his footwork and the stability, it was fairly wonderful. The knock additionally reveals that the quantity is true for him in Check match cricket. I feel he’ll get a number of runs for India within the center order,” Shastri stated on air.
With a gritty unbeaten 70, Rahul took India to 208 for 8 at stumps on a rain-curtained day when the Proteas pacers had been at their best possible.
Whereas India stored on dropping common wickets at one finish, Rahul held the fort on the different to maintain India alive within the first innings.
Lauding the heroic effort from the middle-order batter, legendary Sunil Gavaskar stated that Rahul has been a special batter since his return from harm.
Mentioning Rahul seemed ‘misplaced’ earlier, Gavaskar stated the 31-year-old has approached his batting otherwise throughout codecs since his return.
“We have recognized about his expertise for such a very long time, however we’re attending to see it within the final eight, 9 months, ever since his comeback from this horrific harm that he had within the IPL, it is a completely different Rahul. It is a Rahul that we’ve been craving to see for such a very long time and such a delight to see. I stated it in commentary as properly that this half century to me, is pretty much as good as a century,” Gavaskar stated on Star Sports activities
“Whenever you’re out of the sport for such a very long time, the sport that you simply love, the sport that has given you the whole lot, nearly the whole lot, you are likely to get a special perspective, and that is exactly what he appears to have executed. And now, as a substitute of taking a look at it as a chore, I feel he is taking a look at it as a sport and to be loved. I may very well be utterly mistaken, however that is the impression I get as a result of there’s a lot positivity about his each motion. Earlier on, he used to look somewhat bit misplaced. He is not misplaced now. He is there, very a lot there. And that tells you the way in which he is approaching batting that century on the Asia Cup, that first recreation was an excellent century. You can say fortunate that Shreyas Iyer did harm his again and so he acquired a possibility to get into the XI. However that is what you want in life. You want a little bit of luck, however then that you must seize that with each fingers. And that is what he is executed. And now he is made himself undroppable in all three codecs,” he added.
Former India head coach Ravi Shastri too was in awe of the Rahul knock, labelling it ‘fairly wonderful’.
“He has made batting look simple. Whenever you take a look at his footwork and the stability, it was fairly wonderful. The knock additionally reveals that the quantity is true for him in Check match cricket. I feel he’ll get a number of runs for India within the center order,” Shastri stated on air.
