India’s star opener KL Rahul hasn’t been in nice contact and is beneath hearth for his poor efficiency within the Test format. He even failed to impress within the first two matches of the continuing Border Gavaskar Trophy (BGT) 2023 in opposition to Australia.
While many former cricketers and followers are attacking Rahul for his unhealthy kind, veteran India cricketer K. Srikkanth additionally expressed his views concerning the Karnataka batter however in a particular model.
Speaking to TOI, Srikkanth stated he has lots of admiration for Rahul, however issues aren’t going effectively for the 30-year-old right-handed batter, and he ought to take some break day the sphere. The world cup-winning former cricketer additionally hailed Rahul with the prefix’ Rolls Royce” and added that if he was the top of the choice committee, he would have approached the latter and requested him to take a break from the sport for some time.
“I have tremendous admiration for the class of Rahul, in fact I call him Rolls Royce Rahul”, however it’s simply not occurring for him for the time being. If I used to be the chairman of selectors, I’d have gone up to him and advised him to take a break for some time,” stated Srikkanth.
Srikkanth additional advised that he feels the difficulty with Rahul is extra of a psychological state and never technical.
“I cannot pinpoint a technical deficiency in his game at the moment. I think this is more mental and all Rahul needs to do is take a break and sort his mind out. There’s no reason why he can’t come back all guns blazing,” he added.
At final, the veteran cricketer stated that in-form Shubman Gill ought to get an opportunity within the group as a substitute, as maintaining a deserving participant ready isn’t proper.
“But with all due respect to Rahul, it is time to play Shubman. You can’t keep a player waiting when he is in the form of his life.”