The Indian opener Kl Rahul enjoyed his stay so far in England. In the first 3 test matches he scored on the opening site, scored 2 hundred and accumulated 375 runs on average 62.50. The dough was able to give its test career the breath of the fresh air that remained stuttering in the 2022 season.
The Renaissance of his testing career came as part of the larger painting of Rahul’s rebirth in the world cricket, after the terrible consequence of the final loss of the ODI World Cup 2023 against Australia. After the world tournament, Rahul was fired on his part of the IPL and he lost his place in the T20 team. Karnataka player was also marked as a player who couldn’t really fulfill his promise in any game format.
But almost a year later we are. In 2025, Rahul won the Champions Trophy trophy with India and his authority set out on the spot in the test team.
From Border-Gavaskar Trophy 2024-25, Rahul on average 43.40 on the spot, much better than its career average 35 in the test cricket. The dough gathered 651 runs out of 8 matches, of which 2 hundred in England.
It seems that no one is more enthusiastic than the former head coach of India Ravi Shastri and Rahul realized his potential. Shastri at the ICC Review said Rahul fired the best and finally realized his own talent.
“I think there was no one in the world who rejected his potential, and said that he (Rahul) was not talented. What was angry with this kind of talent did not. And in this series you see the best of Rahul,” Shastri said in a podcast.
Tuned technique KL RAHULA
Since its Snub from the World Cup T20 2024, Rahul has completely changed the launch approach. The dough showed the initiative in the BGT 2024-25 itself and navigated the high Australian fast bowling attack on the spicy playground. In The Champions Trophy 2025, Rahul played with calculated aggression and finished hounds in style.
Changes in the approach were not unnoticed by Shastriho, who credited Rahul’s revised technique on his rebirth in the international cricket.
“I see it is a slight modification he has done with his front leg, in his attitude and in defense,” Shastri said.
“It has just opened a bit, which allows his bat to pass clean. Even if he hits him towards the middle goal, it is full of the face of the blade. It does not have to close the face of the blade and fall and get into trouble as if it used to be in the past.
“Technically, the sound is as good as anyone else. Especially he doesn’t move much in the series, but when he moved, he had a game to take care of this movement,” concluded the former Indian cricket.
India will be a bank on Rahul to get many more runs in the last two matches. When India Shaubman Gill tries to turn over a 1-2 deficit in Manchester, Rahul’s output could prove to be one of the key differentiators.
India plays 4. Test series in Old Trafford. The game starts on 23 July.
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Published:
Kingshuk kusari
Published on:
19 July 2025
Tune
