Team India wicketkeeper-batter KL Rahul has hinted that he also gets frustrated at times with the fact that his place in the ODI team is constantly under the scanner despite his stunning show in the format. He also shared that since the ODI series is usually played in a gap of four to five months, people usually forget his contribution too.

Speaking to Star Sports after India’s win in the 2025 Champions Trophy final, Rahul said (as quoted by ESPNcricinfo): “Honestly, I mean it’s since I think 2020 I’ve batted at No.5 and a lot of times people forget that that’s where I’ve been batting. And every time I perform in a series and then there’s a break from ODI series, ODI cricket and then we come back after four or five months there’s a question mark again about ‘oh well will he play in the XI, where does he fit’ and sometimes I’m sitting there thinking what more can I do.”

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“Everywhere that I’ve been asked to play I’ve played and I feel like I have performed my role. Whatever’s been told to me by Rohit [Sharma], Rohit’s been the captain for the last four-five years. And whatever he’s told me I feel like I’ve done that to the best of my ability. And I know that Rohit feels the same and he’s always supported me and backed me with that,” he further added.

During Team India’s chase of 265, KL Rahul and Virat Kohli shared a crucial fifth-wicket stand of 47 runs. It was a crucial stand after Nathan Ellis had dismissed Axar Patel (27). Rahul took the charge during the partnership, while Kohli rotated the strike until his dismissal.

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“When I walked in and when I played 10-12 balls I told him that you’re the batter that needs to go on and be there till the end. And let me try and hit or let me try and take one chance an over. Because like you said we only needed 6 runs and over. But 6 runs and over on that wicket seemed like 8-8.5. So, you had to take one chance and over, one boundary or one six. So, I told him that I will do that and why don’t you just rotate the strike and be there because you’re the set batter and it might be harder. If you get out another set batter comes it becomes a lot more harder. But yeah, he felt like it was in his range to hit and yeah he didn’t time it well,” KL Rahul concluded.