 "'KL Rahul doesn’t know how good a player he is': Sunil Gavaskar's ultimate praise for Team India opener")
Former Indian cricketer Sunil Gavaskar could not stop praising KL Rahul after the opener’s confident and classy 47 not out on Day 3 of the Headingley Test put Team India in the driver's seat against England on Sunday. Gavaskar said that KL Rahul is blessed with immense talent, something that he is yet to realise.
India were in a spot of bother after Yashasvi Jaiswal fell for just 4 at the start of the second innings and they lost Sai Sudharsan soon after, but Rahul kept things solid from the other end, playing some beautiful drives on the up and helping the visitors end the day with a lead of 96 runs.
Sunil Gavaskar delivers ultimate praise for KL Rahul
Former India captain Gavaskar was hugely impressed with KL Rahul’s contribution towards the team as he said that the opener himself is not aware of how talented he is.
“Total team man. He has even been asked to keep wickets. He does that for the team, and that’s what you want in the team. You see the way he reacts to the situation. He’s got an equanimity about him, which is so rare because in today’s day and age where everybody’s got to be doing things to show that they have achieved something, his celebrations are also muted. One thing everybody agrees about KL Rahul is that he doesn’t know how good a player he is. I mean, he would agree,” said Gavaskar.
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Gavaskar went on to praise Rahul’s shot-making and added that probably self-doubt has become a hindrance to him fulfilling his potential.
“He’s got so much talent. Look at all the shots on the offside, leg-side, the flick, everything. All the shots, but he hasn’t lived up to that. Now, that could be a bit of self-doubt in his mind or whatever that sometimes keeps the Bangalore boys from fulfilling their potential,” said Gavaskar.
“Thrilling to watch off the front foot, off the back foot, then the straight batter drive, which we saw just now and the cover drive. I can rave about that cover drive because there’s perfection in that.”
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More Shorts“I hope that he comes good in this series and scores over 500, maybe 700 runs. That would be fantastic from India,” he added.
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