“If He Wants To Play World Cup…”: Ex-India Star’s Advice For KL Rahul | Cricket News

With the clear sweep in opposition to Afghanistan within the recently-concluded T20I sequence, Team India began their preparations for the upcoming T20 World Cup on a optimistic notice. The sequence marked the return of India skipper Rohit Sharma and star batter Virat Kohli within the T20I format after a spot of 14 months. It is extremely seemingly that each the gamers will characteristic in India’s squad on the marquee occasion. However, there are doubts over the number of wicketkeeper-batter KL Rahul.

Team India has discovered potential batters within the type of Tilak Varma, Rinku Singh and even wicketkeeper like Jitesh Sharma, who is thought for his harmful batting. So, it will likely be fairly a problem for Rahul to discover a place for himself within the squad.

Former India opener Aakash Chopra acknowledged that to discover a spot within the World Cup squad, Rahul must bat at No 4 in IPL 2024. Rahul, who’s the captain of IPL franchise Lucknow Super Giants, performs the function of an opener.

“You might see KL Rahul at No. 4. If he wants to play the World Cup, he probably needs to bat at No. 4. You might see one among Deepak Hooda, Ayush Badoni and Prerak Mankad playing at No. 3. They have plenty of options available to get the work done,” Chopra mentioned on his YouTube channel.

“After No. 4, they have Nicholas Pooran, Marcus Stoinis, and Ayush Badoni along with Krunal Pandya down the order. Suddenly you see a lot of depth in the batting. So they have prepared a very good team,” Chopra additional added.

After lacking out on the T20Is in opposition to Afghanistan, Rahul will now be seen in motion in opposition to England within the five-match Test sequence. The first Test match will begin from January 25 in Hyderabad.