‘I would’ve gone to Rahul and said take a break’, Former Indian caption
KL Rahul has the highest score of 23 in his last 10 innings in red ball cricket. Even when Rahul was scoring hundreds overseas, he could not get that confidence and could not make a series or a season his own. He has somehow been an all-or-nothing player in Test cricket. And this is one of the main reasons why fans and former cricketers have run out of patience with the talented right-handed batsman.
Srikkanth said that –
“I have tremendous admiration for the class of Rahul, in fact I call him Rolls Royce Rahul… but it is just not happening for him at the moment. If I was the chairman of selectors, I would have gone up to him and told him to take a break for a while.”
Comparing Rahul’s class to a ‘Rolls Royce’, former India opener Krishnamachari Srikkanth said that he is a big fan of the opener but he needs some time away from the cricket field for now.
Srikkanth, who was the chairman of selectors when India won the 2011 World Cup, said if Shubman Gill should play the third Test in Indore, starting March 1. Srikkanth said – “But with all due respect to Rahul, it is time to play Shubman. You can’t keep a player waiting when he is in the form of his life.”
Srikkanth said –
The 1983 World Cup winner could not find any technical faults in Rahul’s batting. “I cannot pinpoint a technical deficiency in his game at the moment. I think this is more mental and all Rahul needs to do is take a break and sort his mind out. There’s no reason why he can’t come back with all guns blazing.”