Indian opener KL Rahul was seen having a chat with legendary Indian batsman Sunil Gavaskar before the start of the second Test between India and Sri Lanka at the Vidarbha Cricket Association Stadium in Nagpur on Friday.
Rahul was dismissed for a ‘golden duck’ in the first innings of the first Test in Kolkata but came back strongly in the second innings and scored a match-saving half-century at Eden Gardens. He will now be hoping to carry forward his form into Nagpur Test as well and he is leaving no stones unturned for it.
Rahul was seen communicating with Sunil Gavaskar ahead of the match. The image of the same was posted on Indian cricket team’s Instagram account and the post read: “From one opener to the other, Sunny G in conversation with @rahulkl ahead of the 2nd Test”
Gavaskar’s huge international experience will come in handy for Rahul in long run as following the end of the Sri Lanka tour, India will have to get ready for the upcoming tough overseas tours in 2018. And Rahul knows that the SA tour will be difficult and therefore before the start of the second Test, Rahul revealed that the pitches in Nagpur and Delhi are expected to assist the pacers as Team India prepares to tour South Africa starting in January.
On the eve of the match, Lokesh said, “It is very clear that we are preparing for the next two years that we are going to travel abroad. We will play lot of cricket overseas and find wickets like this and it is going to be challenging for all of us. So we wanted to prepare in that way.”
