Former India batsman Gautam Gambhir poured admiration on KL Rahul and hailed him a leader with a “balanced brain”.

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India opening batter KL Rahul has been receiving a lot of flak from the fans and former cricketers for his back-to-back poor performances. The 30-year-old cricketer’s disastrous performances in the first two Tests against Australia let everyone down, and they even lost him the vice-captaincy for the final two Tests. Rahul will be preparing for the forthcoming Indian Premier League, where he will be the captain of Lucknow Super Giants, as the series against Australia will come to a finish on March 22.

The Lucknow-based franchise unveiled their new jersey for the upcoming season on Tuesday, where team’s mentor and former India batter Gautam Gambhir lavished praise on Rahul and called him a captain with a “balanced head”. “It starts with the captain. The captain is the flag bearer of the team. It is the captain’s team. All of us in the dressing room are there to support him. No support staff is under as much pressure as the captain. It is the body language of the captain that will decide how we perform,” said Gambhir during the jersey launch.

“We are very fortunate to have someone like KL Rahul, who has a very stable and balanced head. I wish I had it, I did not have that. I was very extreme, but it did work for me. For a franchise like Lucknow, it is important to have someone like KL at the helm. Going forward, this is going to be a massive positive for us,” he added. Rahul has a strong track record with the bat in the IPL. The opening batter has scored 3889 runs at an average of 48.01 and a strike rate of 136.22 in 109 T20 league games.

Speaking about the IPL, the 16th season of the lucrative league will begin on March 31 in Ahmedabad with the first game between the reigning champion Gujarat Titans and Chennai Super Kings. In their opening game, Lucknow Super Giants and Delhi Capitals will face battle on April 1 at the Ekana Cricket Stadium in Lucknow.