KL Rahul, the opening batsman for India, has gained notoriety, but not for the right reasons. Critics are piling up to question the team’s perseverance with Rahul as he continues to struggle with the bat. Rahul continues to have the support of Captain Rohit Sharma and head coach Rahul Dravid even as the outside clamour grows louder with each setback. The Karnataka batter needs to “believe his process,” according to Dravid, even though Rohit stated that he will continue to support “great batsmen.”
Rahul was referred to by Dravid as “one of the most successful overseas openers” by India in an interview with the broadcaster Star Sports that took place following the completion of the second Test in New Delhi. “I think he needs to trust his processes. This is just a phase, he has been one of our most successful overseas openers. He’s got hundreds in South Africa and England, we’ll continue to back him. I believe he has the quality and class to come out of this. It is great working with this unit, managing formats is the most difficult part. But there’s not a lot of technical coaching, just simple conversations and challenging them, and giving them a pat on the back when they do well,” Dravid said.
Rohit, on the other hand, has urged Rahul to pull up his socks and learn to play on pitches like New Delhi. “Of course when you are playing on the pitches like this you need to find your method of scoring runs. Different individuals are part of this team and they will have other methods of scoring runs, find your own methods of doing it. We are not going to look too much into what one individual is doing, it’s about the entire team. Because this is an important series for us big one as well. That’s my thoughts on KL Rahul.