-Vinay Kumar
Ever since Rahul Dravid has become the head coach in Team India, a lot of change is being seen. Dravid was the first to make it clear that he would try to give a chance in the future to those youngsters who really deserve the opportunity. Opportunities will be given so that they can prove themselves. This means that it is not that after failing in a match, that player will not get a chance to prove himself.
It is worth noting that Rahul Dravid has always openly supported the young players. Virat Kohli was removed from the captaincy of the limited overs cricket team after he became the head coach of the Indian team. Also, such a batsman also got a golden opportunity to prove himself in Test cricket, who did not get a chance to play in a single test match for the last 2 years.
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Who is that batsman?
This young batsman is KL Rahul. Who has been given the command of the team in the absence of Virat Kohli in the second match of the 3-match Test series against South Africa being played in Jonisburg. KL Rahul is captaining this match. Virat is not playing in this match due to back injury.
Significantly, after becoming the coach of Rahul Dravid (Rahul Dravid Head Coach Team India), the fate of Indian Test team opener KL Rahul has opened in this series. 29-year-old KL Rahul is also being considered as the future captain of Team India. In fact, Rohit Sharma has been made the captain of the white ball cricket team. But, he is 34 years old. In such a situation, it is also believed that he may not last long as a captain. In such a situation, the picture has become clear in the coaching of coach Rahul Dravid that the command of Team India will be given to KL Rahul only.
Why didn’t get a chance in test matches for 2 years
KL Rahul looked happy to captain the second Test match being played at Johannesburg. However, there was a time when he was dropped from the team. It is worth noting that KL Rahul made his Test debut in 2014. But, he was not given much opportunities in Test cricket. About 3 years ago today, in 2018 itself, he was given the opportunity to play the maximum number of 12 matches in a calendar year. The next year in 2019, he was dropped from the team when only 110 runs came off his bat in 3 Test matches. History is witness that KL Rahul was not tried as an opener, nor as a middle order batsman. But, as the year 2021 went by, he was gifted with golden opportunities.
It is worth noting that after two years of 2019, he again returned to the Test team in 2021, when Team India was on England tour (India vs England Test Series, 2021 in England). In that tour, KL Rahul scored 315 runs in 4 matches. It also included a century. And when Rahul Dravid became the coach in November of 2021, he remembered KL Rahul’s tour of England and selected him for this latest tour of South Africa. In the first match of the 3-match Test series against South Africa, KL Rahul scored a century. After which KL Rahul was made the captain due to the injury of the regular captain of the team, Virat Kohli in the second match being played at Johannesburg ground. Now if Virat Kohli is not able to play in the last and third Test matches of the series, then surely the captaincy of that match will also be handed over to KL Rahul.
Will also captain in ODI Series India vs South Africa
KL Rahul’s fate is open, the challenge of proving responsibility will also be in front of him. It is worth noting that in this latest tour of South Africa, only KL Rahul will captain India in the ODI series (India vs South Africa ODI Series, 2022). Remind you that the 3-match ODI series against South Africa will start with the first match to be played on November 19. As such, Rohit Sharma is the regular captain of the white ball cricket team (ODI T20 Team India) of the Indian ODI and T20 team. But, due to injury, he is not playing in this tour. In such a situation, the selectors of the Indian team decided to hand over Team India II command to KL Rahul instead of Rishabh Pant or Shreyas Iyer. In such a situation, one thing is completely clear that in the coming times, KL Rahul will be the captain of the Indian team. Now it will be seen whether KL Rahul can handle these big responsibilities in the middle or not. Obviously, these opportunities are a challenge for them to take on bigger responsibilities.