“Car With Gears In An Era Of Automatic”: Irfan Pathan’s Unique Praise For Star India Batter

Former India all-rounder Irfan Pathan is of the opinion that Indian Premier League (IPL) franchise Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) might attempt opener KL Rahul within the middle-order. Rahul opens the batting for LSG on the marquee occasion ever since becoming a member of the facet in 2022. In his first IPL season for the facet, Rahul scored 616 runs throughout 15 match at a mean of over 51. The following version noticed Rahul lacking noticeable variety of video games because of harm. He performed 9 matches for LSG in IPL 2023 and scored 274 runs. Heaping praises on Rahul, Pathan mentioned that he’s a participant who can bat in any place.

“He is a car with gears in an era of automatic cars. He can bat in any gear from first to fifth. He even has a sixth gear. So considering that, KL Rahul batting down the order might not be bad at all,” Irfan Pathan mentioned on Star Sports as quoted by Sportskeeda.

“It could be good for the team and him as well. The team combination could include both Quinton de Kock and Kyle Mayers in such a scenario. If both of them get a place, they can go with an all-Indian pace attack,” Pathan added.

Rahul is at present scuffling with harm. He had complained of a proper quadriceps ache and missed India’s second Test in Visakhapatnam because of it. While the batter has been included within the group’s remaining three matches towards the Three Lions, his participation is topic to health.

“The participation of Ravindra Jadeja and KL Rahul is subject to fitness clearance from the BCCI medical team,” mentioned BCCI within the launch through which it named India’s squad for remaining three Test matches vs England.

The sequence is completely poised at 1-1 with the third Test beginning in Rajkot on February 15.