Delhi: Indian wicketkeeper batsman KL Rahul started his tour in England in a brilliant manner. He scored a brilliant century in the second informal Test match against England Lions. Rahul completed a century in 151 balls and showed that he is ready to confirm his place in the team once again.
Rahul played important innings
After the first match, Rahul joined India A and performed strongly as soon as he came. When the team lost two wickets quickly-Yashasvi Jaiswal (17) and Abhimanyu Ishwaran (11), Rahul took over the innings. He shared an 86 -run partnership for the third wicket with his IPL teammate Karun Nair. Nair, who scored a double century in the first Test, was dismissed for 40 runs this time.
33 -year -old Rahul held one end and completed the century with the help of 13 fours and 1 six. He scored fast after a half -century and cleared his intentions.
Now Rahul has a big responsibility to open instead of Rohit Sharma. In the last few years, he also had to play in the middle order, especially when Rishabh Pant was out of the team due to the car accident. In the last Test series against Australia, Rahul was also up and down in batting order several times.
India’s new coach Gautam Gambhir and captain Shubman Gill will also get relief from this innings. Before the Test series, there may be a solution in the ongoing confusion about the opening slot.
