Centurion Day 1: Former Indian Captain Sunil Gavaskar and Former Head Coach Ravi Shastri About KL Rahul Stunning Performance

On Day 1 centurion, KL Rahul starred for India as the visitors dragged themselves to 208 for eight stumps. KL Rahul and his new role in the Indian test setup was the Cynosure of the build-up to the centurion opener. Many Things changed for the last year and this year.

In his previous appearance, KL Rahul has been played a role of opener for India in the Boarder Gavaskar series against Australia. Despite the challenges, Rahul fought valiantly on the bouncy centurion’s back.

India has lost the top three early in the innings, after being put to bat first. Kohli and Shreyas Iyer has revived India with their half century stand befire brillant spell from rabada.

‘This is the KL Rahul we’ve been yearning to see’: Gavaskar

Former India captain Sunil Gavaskar said that this was the version of Rahul that world cricket had yearned to see for a long time, and Sunil Gavaskar also said to star sports that,

“We’ve known about his talent for such a long time, but we are getting to see it in the last eight, nine months, ever since he’s come back from this horrific injury that he had in the IPL, it’s a different Rahul.

It’s a Rahul that we have been yearning to see for such a long time and such a delight to see. I said it in commentary as well that this half century to me, is as good as a century.”

“When you’re out of the game for such a long time, the game that you love, the game that has given you everything, almost everything, you tend to get a different perspective, and that’s precisely what he seems to have done.

And now, instead of looking at it as a chore, I think he’s looking at it as a sport and to be enjoyed. I could be completely wrong, but this is the impression I get because there’s so much positivity about his every movement.

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Earlier on, he used to seem a little bit lost. He’s not lost now. He’s there, very much there. And that tells you the way he’s approaching batting that century at the Asia Cup, that first game was a very good century.

You could say lucky that Shreyas Iyer hurt his back and so he got an opportunity to get into the XI. But that’s what you need in life. You need a bit of luck, but then you need to grab that with both hands. And that’s what he’s done.

And now he’s made himself undroppable in all three formats.”

Even Ravi Shastri who is the former Indian Head Coach too was amazed at the ease with which Rahul has made.

He said on air that, “He has made batting look easy. When you look at his footwork and the balance, it was pretty amazing. The knock also shows that the number is right for him in Test match cricket. I think he will get a lot of runs for India in the middle order.”