Rated highly by the great Rahul Dravid for his near-perfect batting skills, KL Rahul is the quintessential opener with all the traits of becoming a modern day great of the gentlemen's game. Belongs to the India's next generation of batsmen, Rahul's breakthrough moment came in the 2013-14 Ranji season when he laid the foundation for Karnataka's triumph with 1033 runs. It included three centuries, three nineties, and a Man-of-the-Match performance in the final. After making an unforgettable Test debut against Australia at the iconic Melbourne Cricket Ground, Rahul found his mojo in his second Test in Sydney where he stroked a brilliant hundred to stamp his class in the international arena. He was later selected in the limited-overs squads in Zimbabwe and West Indies in mid-2016. Rahul repaid the faith of selectors in style and showed his versatility across formats by scoring a hundred each on his ODI and T20I debut. In the lucrative Indian Premier League, the Bangalore-born batsman has played for Royal Challengers Bangalore, Sunrisers Hyderabad so far. After spending last two seasons with RCB, Rahul has been picked up by Kings XI Punjab in this year's player auction. He was one of the most expensive Indian buys (Rs 11 crore) of the 2018 edition. Rahul can open or bat at No 3 and 4, and given his ability as a wicketkeeper, this is a key purchase for KXIP. Major teams - India, Bangalore Brigadiers (Urban), India Under-19s, India Under-23s, Karnataka, Karnataka State Cricket Association Colts XI, Royal Challengers Bangalore, South Zone, Sunrisers Hyderabad Playing role - Opening batsman Batting style - Right-hand bat
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Having won seven consecutive bilateral T20 series, Kohli and his men will certainly want to make it eight in a row and for that they may be forced to rejig both their batting and bowling combinations.
KL Rahul, Manish Pandey and Shreyas Iyer will battle it out for a spot in the Indian middle-order for the T20s against Australia, starting November 21 in Brisbane.
On the other hand, Zaheer sees the upcoming tour as a golden opportunity for India to end it's overseas victory drought.
Earlier, it was Tennis ace Sania Mirza who had appeared on the show last season (5) along with director Farah Khan and for the first time, cricketers will appear on the show.
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If India choose to go with Pant it will mark the debut for the wicket-keeper batsman who has been in an amazing form since the IPL 2018.
Bangar refused to acknowledge that Rahul has technical problem even though he has been either bowled or leg before on most occasions.
When asked about Rahul's string of low scores, the coach dropped a hint that he is being seen as a long-term investment.
KL Rahul will be eager to produce an improved show in the second Test, starting Friday in Hyderabad.
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Rahul's ODI career might be just 13-match old but he has already batted in four different positions, turning up most time (7) in the opening slot.
Rahul was criticised for taking the poor review by fans on Twitter who were in no mood to spare the 26-year-old despite of him scoring a valuable 60 runs off 66 balls.
Mohammad Nabi and Rashid Khan claimed two wickets each as Afghanistan pulled off a thrilling last-ball tie against India.
Lokesh Rahul and Manish Pandey could get a look-in in the middle order while medium pacers Siddharth Kaul and Deepak Chahar could come in to give Bhuvneshwar Kumar and Jasprit Bumrah much-needed rest.
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In Kohli's absence, a lot of responsibility will be down to the other players and it will be a perfect time for them to shine and seal their spot for the ICC World Cup 2019 squad.
Kohli will now defend his number-one ranking in the two-Test home series against the West Indies, which starts on October 4.
Rahul is the third Indian opener after Sunil Gavaskar and Shikhar Dhawan to score a century in the fourth innings of an away Test.
Courtesy the twin hundreds by the former and current skipper, England declared their second innings on 423/8 with a massive target of 464 for the Indians.
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