Sanjay Manjrekar shares his views on the performance of KL Rahul

Former player turned commentator Sanjay Manjrekar has said that he believed someone else should come in place of KL Rahul in India’s first Test in Nottingham. Notably, Rahul had last featured in the longer format for India almost two years ago as well.

However, with Shubman Gill has been ruled out and Mayank Agarwal suffered a concussion before the first Test, KL Rahul got the chance as an opener and grabbed the opportunity quite well. While reviewing the first Test on Sony Sports, Sanjay Manjrekar stated that he was extremely impressed with KL Rahul’s performance.

He said: “I was impressed as well as extremely happy for KL Rahul. I have been regularly saying that he failed in Test matches for 4-5 series, so I was feeling that someone else should be given a chance in the Indian Test squad or Test XI because KL Rahul was not giving good performances in Test cricket.”

He also applauded how KL Rahul has left behind his poor form and played a brilliant knock in the first inningsas well. Manjrekar further shared: “He also knew that and when you play Test cricket and your previous memory is not good, it is not easy to come and play confidently. But he showed a very good attitude in tough circumstances; he showed a lot of patience.”

He also said that KL Rahul seemed to have worked on his issues and his hard work finally paid off. He explained: “The technical issue because of which he had gone out of the team, he was confused whether to play or leave the line outside off-stump but in this innings, it seemed he got some clarity on which ball to play and which to leave.”

“He has adopted a new technique as well; he is keeping the bat very close to his pads. Because of that, I feel he was able to play a big knock and when the innings was getting dependent on him, it was good to see that he carried the team’s burden,” he concluded.

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