One of many most interesting batters in Indian cricket, no less than from the technical standpoint’, KL Rahul has hadn’t a clean journey on the high stage over the previous couple of years. Already out of Staff India’s T20 scheme, Rahul didn’t make his presence rely as he earned the spot within the enjoying XI for the primary Take a look at in opposition to Bangladesh. Within the first innings, Rahul might solely hit 16 runs off 52 balls, however he by no means seemed comfy within the center. Former India cricketer Sanjay Manjrekar feels the problem with Rahul is fully temperamental.

“This has been the KL Rahul story. It is superb that he performs a superb innings on the Take a look at stage and the subsequent two three innings it looks like he has bought a pair within the final Take a look at. Even once you noticed him bat at present, it virtually appeared like an innings with out objective. That may occur, it occurred to me within the second half of my profession the place every thing was inside,” Manjrekar mentioned on ESPNCricinfo.

Manjrekar cited his personal instance, as he tried to clarify the part Rahul goes by in the meanwhile.

“I went in to bat simply fascinated by my method and am I going to play the ball nicely, imagining a sure type of supply coming my approach. And I’ve bought to play as a substitute of going to your intuition as a batter which I believe all the opposite Indian batters observe that’s about getting runs. Even in the event you’re defending searching for ones and twos,” he added.

Regardless of being a veteran of fifty Take a look at matches, which have seen Rahul produce some wonderful a whole lot, the batter averages simply 34, an enormous concern for Manjrekar.

“That’s extra a temperamental downside for KL Rahul that has plagued him for 50 Take a look at matches as a result of the quantity that he has. He is bought some good a whole lot however a mean of 34. He is bought a whole lot, not one or two, fairly just a few and in testing circumstances however the common of 34 tells you about his temperament and that we bought to take a look at it at present as nicely,” he added.