Former India player turned veteran commentator Aakash Chopra has applauded KL Rahul for continuing his good run with the bat in the first Test against the West Indies. He added that the Karnataka batter does the most difficult job in the two formats he is part of as well.

During a discussion on Star Sports, Chopra said, “If you want to appreciate and celebrate him, you need to remind yourself that he plays only two formats for India and does the most difficult job in both. It’s difficult to bat down the order in ODIs, where the ball gets soft, and you have to bat very differently. You don’t get pace there. There is no option to play the ball close to your body there. You have to go towards the ball there.”

“He opens when he comes to play Test cricket. Opening is the most difficult job in Test cricket. You have to let the ball come to you. You have to change your game completely. He has done that job, where the batting order also doesn’t remain confirmed. In the Border-Gavaskar Trophy, not too long ago, he batted both up and down the order, and eventually he made his spot,” Chopra shared again.

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In the same discussion, Aakash Chopra added that KL Rahul stuck to the approach he had in the Test series against England and Australia as well.

“When a player generally reaches this age in a career, you feel everything would be settled. However, it wasn’t as settled for him. He is settling it with his bat now. He didn’t leave the template or formula with which he scored runs in England and the Border-Gavaskar Trophy,” he said.

“He has applied that here too, and he got success because he has maintained the same discipline. Many times, when you come after scoring runs in England and Australia, and you get flat pitches, you wish to throw your bat because that’s what you know, as he is a T20 opener and bats incredibly well there, but he said he would keep the ego aside for some time and bat long,” Aakash Chopra concluded.