Put in to bat underneath overcast circumstances on a red-soil pitch that noticed Hasan Mahmud working in along with his tail as much as run by means of India’s high order, the hosts had been in hassle at 34 for 3.However Rishabh Pant (39) and Yashaswi Jaiswal (56) added 62 essential runs for the fourth wicket. The autumn of Pant, who’s taking part in his first Take a look at after recovering from the horrific automotive accident in December 2022, introduced Rahul to the crease.
The 32-year-year Rahul scratched round towards younger Bangladeshi pacers earlier than being dismissed by spinner Mehidy Hasan Miraz for a 52-ball 16.
Speaking about Rahul’s innings on an ESPNcricinfo present, former India batsman Sanjay Manjrekar known as it an “innings with out objective”.
“That is KL Rahul’s story. It is superb that he performs an excellent innings on the Take a look at stage, and the following two-three innings it looks like he bought a pair within the final Take a look at,” mentioned Manjrekar.
“Even if you noticed him bat as we speak (Day 1 of Chennai Take a look at), it nearly appeared like an innings with out objective. However that may occur. It occurred with me within the second half of my profession, the place every part was internalised. I went into bat simply desirous about my approach, am I going to play this ball properly, imagining a sure kind of supply coming in and I’ve bought to play correctly as a substitute of going to your intuition as a batter, which I believe all the opposite Indian batters apply…about getting runs. Even if you’re defending, (you might be) in search of ones and twos,” he defined.
Rahul was the sixth Indian wicket to fall and the scorecard wore a nervous have a look at 144 for six. However India’s bowling all-rounders, the spin twins Ravichandran Ashwin and Ravindra Jadeja, had different concepts.
Native man Ashwin went on to attain sixth Take a look at century in his 101st Take a look at and had an unbroken partnership of 195 runs with Jadeja, who was batting on 86 when stumps had been drawn on Thursday.
Ashwin will resume his knock on Friday at 102 not out.
Coming again to Rahul’s innings, Manjrekar felt temperamental points are hurting the right-hander.
“I believe that’s extra a temperamental drawback with KL Rahul, which has plagued him for 50 Take a look at matches. The numbers that he has…He is bought tons of, not one or two, fairly just a few in testing circumstances. However the common of 34 tells you about his temperament, and that we bought a have a look at as we speak as properly,” mentioned Manjrekar.
Rahul has scored 2879 runs in 87 Take a look at innings at a median of 33.87, together with eight tons of and 14 fifties.
“Let’s hope issues enhance for him within the second innings,” Manjrekar concluded.
