Kl Rahul marked his only second century at home after 9 years.
The Indian Cricket team played a home test match for the first time in 14 years without three pillars: Virat Kohli, Ravichandran Ashwin and Rohit Sharma. This will allow Jadeja and Kl Rahul to be ravied as two most senior players in the team. Rahul admits that in engaging, “it was a bit strange” not having the three big names in the locker room. But now he understands that he must assume more responsibilities because he cannot live in the shadow of the three. He must intensify. And he has. From the tour in England, Rahul has an average of 57.45 in their absence. In Ahmedabad for the 1st Ind VS WA test, Rahul marked his third hundred of 2025.
“I do not know if it happened organically, but I generally did not think about it too much. Of course, I miss these two or three seniors in the locker room – most of my test career was with them. When I entered the locker room in England and that Rohit, Virat and Ashwin not around, it was a bit strange because they had always been there,” KL Rahul told Jiohotstar during the post-match program.
Absence of the three large
Virat Kohli, Rohit Sharma and Ravichandran Ashwin have played 46 test games together for India since 2013, winning 27. Among these 46 tests, KL Rahul 17 of them, sharing the cloak with them since its test debut in 2014. For a long time, Rahul was protected.
Apart from India, Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli played a big role in the victory of matches for India. At home. Ashwin has shot a web around strikers to win matches in India. In these, mostly rahul’s statistics have gone unnoticed for the most part. His constant change in the shot position did not help his case either. With an inconsistent shot position, the incoherent results came. He then slammed 9 centuries of testing outside India. But at home, the century in Ahmedabad was his only second, after a gap of nine years.
But with the three disappeared, he found a certain stability, or more importantly a certain clarity of the coach Gautam Gambhir and the new captain Shubman Gill. Consequently, in England, when Rahul felt a little strange without the large three, he also knew that it was time to intensify. As a senior player, it was time for Rahul to protect young people as once Kohli-Rohit-Ashwin did it. Gambir and Gill also sent clear messages to Rahul on what was expected of KL Rahul.
“Somewhere along the way, you have the impression that, as a senior player, you must intensify and assume a little more responsibility so that the youngest can focus on their cricket without feeling overwhelmed. Even the way Gautam Gambhir and Shubman Gill started talking to me were a little different, which gives you the impression that you need to get started and try to fill me. Well so far, “ KL was satisfied.
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