Former India assistant coach Abhishek Nayar said that KL Rahul spent every minute post his last IPL match to train for the England tour. He also added that the batter deserved every plaudit that has come his way for doing the “dirty job at all numbers” for India.
ARTICLE CONTINUES BELOW VIDEO
Rahul has been in sublime form in the England tour, finishing as India’s second-highest run scorer with 532, notching up two centuries and two half centuries. He also boasts an average of 53.20 in 5 matches.
“I can’t talk about the changes that I’ve seen in KL Rahul. I can’t, because then it’s out there and the effectiveness goes down a lot. All I can say is that, whatever the changes are, they have really worked. Sometimes — (and) I always say in a cricketer’s journey and in a team’s journey — things need to click. You need a bit of the rub of the green. I think he’s had that as well,” Nayar told PTI.
“He has worked very, very hard. There are a very, very few people who know this that after the birth of his child he was in the IPL (and) he came back immediately. He started preparing for the (England) Test series while a lot of people wouldn’t have done that. He knew the importance of this series, he understood it. And every minute post the last game that he played in the IPL, was about how he can do well in this Test series, so it’s great to see him do well there and get the recognition that he rightly deserves being the guy who’s done all the dirty jobs and still managed to perform at every every number in that batting order,” Nayar, now the head coach of WPL side UP Warriorz added.
India are currently down 1-2 in the series against England with the 5th Test at the Oval ongoing.
