Former Indian cricketer Dodda Ganesh made an enormous assertion on KL Rahul amid the second ODI towards New Zealand. The sport is being performed in Rajkot on Wednesday, January 14.
India batted first and put up a complete of 284/7. The hosts misplaced the massive wickets of Shubman Gill, Virat Kohli, and Shreyas Iyer in fast time at one stage. Nevertheless, KL Rahul, who got here in at quantity 5, batted with accountability and scored at a fast tempo afterward.
As soon as once more, the star batter delivered beneath strain and took the staff out of a tricky scenario. India had been in a spot of hassle at 118/4. Nonetheless, they completed with an honest whole because of a powerful hundred from KL Rahul.
Dodda Ganesh praised Rahul for his century and careworn that quantity 5 is the best place for the star batter in ODIs. Notably, he batted at six within the final recreation and has all the time been shuffled up and down. The previous Indian cricketer said that the wicketkeeper-batter must be let to bat at quantity 5 itself.
“Kannur Lokesh Rahul! That is what he can do at no 5 within the ODIs. For heaven’s sake, please let him bat there #INDVNZ,” he wrote on X.
Dodda Ganesh additionally reckoned that pushing Rahul to quantity six is a ‘cardinal sin’. He highlighted the batter’s means to carry out properly at quantity 5.
“That is why I used to be all the time harping about having KL Rahul at no 5, within the ODIs. KL is aware of to tempo the inns properly, and has all of the pictures in his armoury to go all-out within the dying. Pushing him to no 6, under Axar/Jadeja, goes to be a cardinal sin. KL is Rolls-Royce. Use him #INDvNZ,” he wrote in one other tweet.
Rahul smashed an unbeaten 112 off simply 92 balls. His stellar ton included 11 fours and a six at a strike price of 121.74.
KL Rahul’s greatest in ODIs has come at quantity 5
KL Rahul’s greatest in ODIs has come whereas batting at quantity 5. He has performed 33 innings at that place and has scored 1477 runs at a median of 64.21 and a strike price of 99.59 with three tons of and 10 half-centuries.
His subsequent greatest efficiency within the format has come as an opener. On the high, he has performed 16 innings and has scored 669 runs at a median of 47.78 with two tons of and 5 half-centuries.
At quantity 4, he has performed 13 innings and has scored 558 runs at a median of 55.80 with two tons of and three half-centuries. At quantity six, he has performed 12 innings and has scored 332 runs at a median of 47.42 with a single half-century.
Edited by Rishab Vm
