Former India batting coach Sanjay Bangar believes star batsman KL Rahul will be disappointed with way he was removed on Day 1 of India’s second Test against the West Indies. Rahul’s 38-run innings ended as he failed to reach the pitch of a Jomel Warrican delivery and was stumped by the wicketkeeper.
Bangar began by complimenting Rahul on how he started his batting in Delhi. He praised the 33-year-old senior cricketer for his ‘few great smashes off the back foot’. As the innings went, the cricketer-turned-coach sensed Rahul was thinking about a variety of topics.
He attributed this tendency to the batting incorrect shots when using the bottom hand.
“The way he batted at the start was typical KL Rahul, where he was allowing the ball to come to him. He is a batter who doesn’t try to go onto the front foot much. He plays very well on the back foot, and that’s why a lot of runs come in the square leg and fine leg region against the new ball. He played a few excellent shots off the back foot,” stated Bangar during a discussion on Star Sports.
“We saw him using the bottom hand a little. The bottom hand didn’t look good on the straight drive and the lofted on-drive, and I was feeling that something was wrong, because generally KL Rahul’s aerial shots go towards the sight screen. When he thinks about his dismissal in the dressing room, he will curse himself a lot because something was wrong, due to which he couldn’t convert this score into a big score,” he added.
India ended the day on 318/2 after 90 overs. Yashasvi Jaiswal remains unbeaten on a fantastic ton (173* off 253). Sai Sudharsan missed out on his ton by 13 runs. Like Rahul, Sudharsan too got dismissed off the bowling of Warrican.
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