New Delhi. Team India’s star batsman KL Rahul is in discussions these days for two reasons, one because of his marriage to Sunil Shetty’s daughter Athiya Shetty and the other because of his poor form. His poor form is now on the target of critics. The current form of this Indian opener is such that criticism is also made in a way. KL Rahul could not do any special charisma with the bat even in two Test matches against Australia and could score only 40 runs in four innings. Despite this, KL Rahul was given a chance in the team for the last two Test matches as well.
There is a view that KL Rahul has an outstanding overseas Test record. But stats speak otherwise. He has a test average of 30 overseas in 56 innings. He has scored 6 overseas centuries but followed it up with a string of low scores that’s why averaging 30. Let’s look at a few others pic.twitter.com/MAvHM01TcY
— Venkatesh Prasad (@venkateshprasad) February 20, 2023
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Writing on KL Rahul’s form, former cricketer Venkatesh Prasad wrote, ‘An opinion about KL Rahul is that his overseas Test record is excellent. But the figures tell something else. He averages 30 overseas in 56 innings, has scored 6 centuries, but has had a lot of low scores after that, averaging 30. Let us have a look at the performance of some other players.
And if overseas performance is a criteria, Ajinkya Rahane despite being out of form and also inconsistent before being dropped had obe one of the best overseas Test records, averaging over 40 overseas in 50 test matches. Was out of form and dropped… pic.twitter.com/2Uj5YZe9Cr
— Venkatesh Prasad (@venkateshprasad) February 20, 2023
Referring to Dhawan, Venkatesh wrote, ‘Shikhar Dhawan has the best overseas average among openers of the present time. Average of around 40 with 5 hundreds. Although he too has not been consistent in Tests, he has had excellent hundreds in Sri Lanka and New Zealand. Also, his figures at home are better.