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IND vs PAK: KL Rahul played against Pakistan in the year 2023 and during that time he was coming on the ground for the first time after recovering from a long injury. During this period he had played a century innings.
IND vs PAK : Indian team’s star batsman KL Rahul had batted brilliantly against Pakistan in the Super-4 match of Asia Cup 2023. After being out of the team for a long time, he surprised all the players by playing an inning of 111 runs against Pakistan. But even after this brilliant century, he had to listen to the scolding from head coach Rahul Dravid. He is a brilliant player and along with keeping, he is also seen playing an important role when Team India needs it. KL Rahul comes to open for the Indian team and he played two-three brilliant innings against England.
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In a podcast show ‘Two Sluggers’, KL Rahul shared the story of that time among the people. He said that that was my first innings after recovering from injury. Although, I was not supposed to play during that time but Shreyas Iyer had back spasm due to which I was included in the team. He told that I had been telling myself for four months that I would become the best player in the world. Rahul further said that when he completed his century, he started celebrating by raising his bat. During this time he turned his back towards the dressing room. Head coach Rahul Dravid did not like this thing. He told that Dravid was a little angry and asked why did you keep your back towards the dressing room? I said, Sir, I did not mean anything like that.
KL Rahul joked on the ground
KL Rahul said that he had jokingly said that the pose he had seen in his dream was the same pose he had given during the celebration. He said that I had told Dravid sir that I had dreamed that a statue of mine was made in which I was celebrating my century innings like this. On this, Rahul Dravid smiled and said, ‘Your statue?’ It hasn’t been made for me till date and will it be made for you? Narrating this story, KL Rahul said that this moment will always be special for him because it involved hard work, emotions and laughter. Let us tell you that the match that KL Rahul is talking about was played in Colombo. Playing first, India had scored 356 runs at the loss of two wickets. During this, captain Rohit Sharma scored 56, Shubman Gill scored 58 and after this Virat Kohli played an unbeaten inning of 122 runs, here KL Rahul also surprised the cricketers by playing an inning of 111 runs.
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