New Delhi, July 15
Former India batter Sanjay Manjrekar believes that opener KL Rahul's form in the ongoing Test series against England is the biggest takeaway for the visitors.
Rahul has so far amassed 375 runs across six innings on the tour including two centuries and a half-century.
"The biggest satisfaction I’ve had - as an analyst and a former cricketer - has come from watching KL Rahul. He has always had the game. Yes, there were grey areas in his technique, but he worked on those and resolved them. What was missing was consistency. On one of our shows, we even jokingly gave him the title of ‘Mr. Consistent KL Rahul’ - but it’s taken him a long time to truly earn that tag.
"He has now played over 50 Test matches for India, and what I’m seeing now is close to perfection - there are no visible weaknesses. For the first time in an overseas series, he has scored more than 200 runs. That, for me, is a massive takeaway for India," Manjrekar said on JioHotstar.
After India's narrow 22-run loss at Lord's on Monday, Manjrekar reflected on the ninth-wicket partnership between Ravindra Jadeja and Jasprit Bumrah.