After his failure to replicate the success of Perth in Adelaide, there were growing calls of dropping K L Rahul back to No.6, but the Karnataka right-hander continued to enjoy the backing of the team management, and walked out as the opener at the Gabba.
India’s Test stalwart Cheteshwar Pujara has voiced his support for KL Rahul to retain his place at the top of the order, even suggesting that Rohit Sharma could move down to No.3 to accommodate him for the day-night Test at the Adelaide Oval, starting December 6.
Putting behind the batting blues of the opening day, India came back strongly to gain firm control over the Perth Test against Australia with openers Yashasvi Jaiswal and K L Rahul taking the first-innings lead of 46 - earned through a Jasprit Bumrah fifer - and stretched it past 200 by the end of the second day’s play at the Optus Stadium on Saturday.
In what comes as welcome news for India in their build-up to the first Border-Gavaskar Trophy Test starting on November 22, KL Rahul returned to batting during the team's training session at the WACA Stadium on Sunday.
Star batter K L Rahul was forced to retire hurt after being hit by a rising delivery from Prasidh Krishna during the team’s intra-squad match simulation at the WACA in Perth on Friday.
KL Rahul is not sure his rich vein of form will count or not when he leads KXIP in the cash-rich league in two weeks' time.
West Indies opener Chris Gayle, who reportedly attended legendary sprinter Usain Bolt's birthday party in Jamaica, tested negative for Covid-19.
KL Rahul is currently preparing for the 2020 edition of the Indian Premier League (IPL) which is set to begin on September 19.
Earlier in the IPL Auction in December 2019, Sheldon Cottrell was brought by the Mohali-based team for a whopping sum of INR 8.5 crore.
Indian all-rounder Hardik Pandya and Natasa Stankovic, who had got engaged earlier this year, were blessed with a baby boy in late July.
