“It’s incredible that he plays a terrific innings at the Test level, and it appears like he has a pair in the final Test,” Manjrekar remarked.
Sanjay Manjrekar, a former cricketer for India, recently spoke out about the play of ace hitter KL Rahul. It’s important to remember that in the first innings of the current first Test match between Bangladesh and India, KL Rahul was dismissed after just 16 runs in 52 deliveries.
In the early months of 2024, Rahul returned to the Test team after missing the final four matches of the England series. Despite having form on his side, Manjrekar stated that Rahul rarely appears comfortable batting after his early removal against Bangladesh.
This has been the story of KL Rahul. It’s incredible how he plays a terrific innings at the Test level and then appears to have a pair in the final three innings. Even today, when you saw him bat, it felt like an aimless innings. Manjrekar stated, “That can happen; it happened to me in the second half of my career when everything was internal.”
He said that, as has been the case for him throughout his career thus far, KL Rahul’s issues are primarily related to his temperament. Despite this, Rahul was praised by the former Indian cricket player and pundit for his several instances of brilliant runs and hundreds scored while under duress. Still, he doubted his ability to perform well under pressure.
Because of how many Test matches he has, KL Rahul has more of a temperamental issue that has plagued him for 50 of them. His average score is 34, yet he has some outstanding hundreds. He has hundreds—not just a handful, but a significant number—and in testing circumstances, the average score of 34 indicates something about his temperament, which we were able to examine today as well, Manjrekar continued.
When seasoned hitters falter, Ashwin and Jadeja right the ship for India.
In the first innings of their match against Bangladesh, Team India’s top order could not muster much; the only player to reach a half century from the top order was Yashasvi Jaiswal. Even yet, by the close of the first day, India had amassed 339 runs at the expense of six wickets thanks to the knocks of Ravindra Jadeja and Ravichandran Ashwin.
