Dinesh Karthik believes that KL Rahul should be judged on the basis of the excellent performances, he has delivered in overseas matches and he deserves a longer rope as an opener.
The 32-year-old Rahul has emerged as one of the best batters of the Indian team in the ongoing Border-Gavaskar Trophy 2024-25. He has looked the most settled in the middle among all the batters and has dealt with the threat of dangerous Aussie pacers quite well.
In the absence of Rohit Sharma, KL Rahul did a fantastic job while opening the innings with Yashasvi Jaiswal and registered scores of 26 & 77. He failed in the pink-ball Test match as he registered the scores of 37 & 7. However, he bounced back in the Gabba Test and played a wonderful knock of 84 runs in the first innings.
“I believe, in KL Rahul, we have the opener that India needs" - Dinesh Karthik
Speaking on Cricbuzz, Dinesh Karthik said that the Indian team management should provide backing to KL Rahul even after he fails in a series, as he has great potential to serve as the long-term opener of the side.
"People always complain about his consistency"- Dinesh Karthik
Rahul has featured in 56 Test matches for India National Cricket Team and has scored 3216 runs at an average of 34.58. His numbers don't really depict his true potential and many cricket legends have opined that a player of Rahul's calibre should have an average of around 50 in Test cricket.
“People always complain about his consistency; I don't want to use that word. But he takes it upon himself. His average shows that. But he is far better than that. He is someone who is much, much better than that.
"But, if you take any Indian team planning to tour abroad, he will be one of the first names on that list because you know exactly what you will get from him,” he added
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