By all means.. I’m not equating KL Rahul with Dhoni.. However, Ashwin makes a wonderful “middle-order” comment about an India star

By all means.. I’m not equating KL Rahul with Dhoni.. However, Ashwin makes a wonderful “middle-order” comment about an India star

KL Rahul’s outstanding performance during the Asia Cup match against Pakistan earlier this week was extensively discussed by Ravichandran Ashwin.

KL Rahul had an incredible return to international cricket earlier this week at the Asia Cup, scoring a magnificent century against Pakistan in their Asia Cup Super 4 matchup on Monday. Rahul’s stunning effort, which saw him hit two sixes and twelve fours while remaining unbeaten at 111 off 106 deliveries, helped India reach a whopping total of 356/2 and a 228-run victory.

During the Asia Cup game between India and Pakistan, KL Rahul plays a shot (PTI).

After suffering an injury in the 2023 Indian Premier League that required surgery and a following recovery spell at the National Cricket Academy, Rahul’s road to rejoin the playing XI started. Despite being originally selected for the Asia Cup 2023 team, a minor ailment prevented him from playing in the group stage matches against Pakistan and Nepal.

Rahul was really a last-minute replacement for Shreyas Iyer, who had a back spasm just before the coin toss and wasn’t in the starting lineup for the Super 4 match against Pakistan. Ishan Kishan, the returning wicketkeeper-batter, was also selected for the XI and was given the place at No. 4 in the batting order. He also played against Sri Lanka.
Rahul also maintained wickets in both games despite making a return and playing three straight days in ODIs against Pakistan and Sri Lanka. Ravichandran Ashwin was all praise for Rahul after his outstanding effort and said that the wicketkeeper-batter is adept at playing his middle-order position.

KL Rahul, who bats in the middle of the order, is providing us that solidity, according to Ashwin.

Because of this, middle-order batting is quite challenging. MS Dhoni perfected the skill. I am not, however, equating KL Rahul with MS Dhoni. In addition, he played a distinct role than KL Rahul while batting at numbers 6 or 7.
But he seems to be gradually perfecting his part, in my opinion. He first joined forces against Sri Lanka alongside Ishan Kishan. KL Rahul gave Dunith Wellalage two deliveries to get into a good rhythm. That was really encouraging. It demonstrated to us that he had a sound strategy, he said.

India awaits the last opposition
One of Sri Lanka or Pakistan will take on Rohit Sharma’s team in the Asia Cup 2023 championship game as Team India’s opponents. The 45 over encounter between the two teams was postponed due to rain on Thursday in Colombo.