KL Rahul in motion© BCCI
Australian pacer Scott Boland needs to increase the barren run of KL Rahul and maintain him beneath strain forward of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy when he faces the Indian batter within the four-day A-Workforce match in Melbourne from Thursday. Rahul together with wicketkeeper batter Dhruv Jurel flew early to Australia, and can seem for India A within the second four-day sport on the MCG. “I used to be fortunate to bowl to him in a Take a look at over in India a few years in the past nevertheless it’ll be good to play in opposition to him in our yard,” Boland was quoted saying by ESPNCricinfo.
Rahul made 100 on his debut tour to Australia in 2015, a 110 at Sydney, however his total efficiency Down Below stays scratchy, evidenced by a median of 20.77 throughout 4 Assessments.
Boland needs to heap extra distress on the 32-year-old.
“He is a world-class participant however somebody I believe we are able to get on high of fairly early and hopefully keep on high of him for almost all of the summer season,” mentioned Boland.
Rahul was dropped from India’s eleven after the primary Take a look at in opposition to New Zealand at Bengaluru the place he made 0 and 12.
It was a continuation of his modest run since cracking 100 in opposition to South Africa at Centurion in December 2023.
Since then, he made simply two fifties throughout 9 innings in opposition to SA, England, Bangladesh and New Zealand.
However the Bengaluru man may return to the eleven if skipper Rohit Sharma skips the primary Take a look at in opposition to the Aussies at Perth, ranging from November 22, owing to non-public causes.
Boland additionally remained cautious concerning the affect of India’s latest 0-3 whitewash at dwelling by the Kiwis.
The 35-year-old mentioned India has sufficient expertise to make a comeback.
“There’s a lot extra bounce right here, extra seam. The way in which they’re going to construction their workforce (in Australia) can be fully totally different to what you see over in India,” he famous.
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