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KL Rahul rediscovers his place with hundred as opener: Had forgotten my position
KL Rahul said that he is happy to have rediscovered his place with a hundred as an opener for the Indian team after floating around the batting order for a good part of the last few years. Rahul has seen himself being used in the middle order for India in Tests and made a return as an opener during the Border-Gavaskar Rohit Sharma announced his retirement from Tests, Rahul was reinstated as the opener, a position in which he has hit eight hundreds and scored 2982 runs. Speaking at the press conference after the end of Day 4 of the first Test against England, Rahul said that he had forgotten about his position in the team and was happy taking up different roles for the vs IND 1st Test Day 4 Highlights
The 33-year-old said that he was happy doing the job for the side as the opener."In the last couple of years, I've forgotten what my position is and what I am comfortable doing. I'm happy to be given different responsibilities and roles. It makes the game exciting and makes me want to challenge myself and train that much harder. I have quite enjoyed doing that."advertisement"The last couple of series, my role has been to open the batting. That is something that I did growing up and in my early career. I am happy that I am back doing that and I am happy that I am doing the job for the team," said Rahul.'You learn from mistakes'Rahul did make a few good starts during the BGT in Australia but failed to capitalise and score a big hundred. Similarly, in the Leeds Test, the Indian opener looked in full control during the first innings and scored 42 runs before a false shot led to his didn't make the same mistake in the second innings and cashed in on his fine start to score 137 runs. Rahul said that he was happy with the way he batted in Australia but was disappointed that he couldn't convert the said that he learnt from the mistakes and was looking to ensure he didn't waste his chances in England."It's always disappointing for a batter when you get starts and don't convert it and get a big score for the team. I was happy with how I batted in Australia, but very disappointed at the end of the series that I couldn't convert those starts. I had opportunities in every game."advertisement"In an ideal world, I'd have liked to turn all of those innings into big knocks, but that didn't happen. But that's how the game goes. Sometimes you get a good ball, sometimes you play a bad shot. You learn from the mistakes. So I wanted to make sure that once I get a start, I make it count and score as many runs as I can," said knock helped India set England a target of 371 runs to chase to win the Headingley Test.- EndsYou May Also Like
