Kl Rahul was fired for 42 after he had added 91 runs for the opening standard with Yashasvi Jaiswal in the IND vs Eng Headingley test.
Since Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli have announced their retirement of test cricket, there have been countless debates about who would replace Kl Rahul. Rahul could be the opener that India needed in difficult times, and he would earned the perfect no. 4 India that it earned after Kohli. After he went back and forth, India’s head coach Gautam Gambhir remained with Rahul as an open. Rahul dominated the first hour of the IND vs scary headingley test and offered a perfect start. But they all ended with an imperfect finish when Rahul was rejected for 42.
Until the 78th delivery, Rahul seemed to have control and dominated the passage of the game. While Jaiswal still had a few moments of fear, Rahul seemed casual. Rahul attacked English pacers in the first hour. There was no delay on the loose balls. And he was steadfast when he got stumps out of deliveries. He was careful but stable and did not give England Pacers a chance in the first session, even under cloudy circumstances. That brought Captain Ben Stokes to bowling 5.4 to stop the attack.
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Rahul’s test career is marred by injuries and inconsistencies in batting and batting position. Despite the scoring of most of his centuries, Rahul still had no permanent place in the XI test. He also had no certainty of a strike position. IND vs Eng Test Series should change that, since Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli had retired. Rahul also made a statement during the last tour and scored a century with Lord’s.
And when Rahul got the nod to play as a more open, which made Rohit effectively replaced, he seemed destined for a big knock. In his first 77 deliveries, Rahul did not stop stopping. Some even reminded his 149 of the oval or the 129 at Lord’s. Rahul hit eight limits in those deliveries, played the perfect knock and added 91 runs for the opening standard. He let the balls stump outside and then hit the full deliveries.
Kl Rahul in England
| Batting -position | Inns | Runs | HS | Ave | 100 | 50 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Generally | 18 | 614 | 149 | 34.11 | 2 | 1 |
| As more open | 16 | 597 | 149 | 37.31 | 2 | 1 |
| At No. 3 | 2 | 17 | 13 | 8.50 | 0 | 0 |
Imperfection
However, because it happened with Kl Rahul, it went from large to worse in just one delivery. After dominating the first 77 deliveries, Rahul became entangled in his own world of perfection. It was again a complete delivery outside the off stump by Brydon Carse. Rahul was immediately tempted to ride four.
But this time he made a mistake. Although Rahul was approaching to drive it through the blankets, while he saw the ball running away, he tried to correct it. Instead of playing a ride, Rahul tried to make a slice. But in the milliseconds of decision -making, Rahul became entangled in two spirits and eventually pointed to Joe Root in the first slip. All that stylish batting went in smoke in just milliseconds.
“All the while he played brilliantly. He was at the top. But I feel that he was caught in two thoughts, whether he should cut or beat and eventually break his elbow,” Deep Dasgupta said about Kl Rahul Dismissal on Jiohotstar.
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