India vs Australia: ‘KL Rahul is someone I’d pay to watch,’ says Brian Lara

India vs Australia: ‘KL Rahul is someone I’d pay to watch,’ says Brian Lara

Brain Lara and KL Rahul

Brain Lara and KL Rahul
Brain Lara and KL Rahul

Former West Indies cricket maestro Brian Lara heaped praises for KL Rahul ahead of the inaugural Test match at the Adelaide Oval. Lara said that Rahul is someone he’d pay to watch him bat. 

“Brian, who is your favourite player in international cricket at the moment?” Asked former Australia skipper Ricky Ponting while hosting the panel of Lara and Sunil Gavaskar.

“That’s easy! It’s KL Rahul. If you’re talking about the two teams that are playing, KL Rahul it is for me. He is someone I’d pay to watch to bat,” said Lara.

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The stylish left-hander appreciated the way Rahul plays in the shortest format of the game. Lara said that Kings XI Punjab skipper score runs by playing correct cricket shots which makes him special.

“In the world Jofra Archer is excellent, Nicholas Pooran is there but I just love watching KL Rahul, especially in T20s. I know he’s going into Test cricket but in T20 when you see guy batting correctly. With the ability to score runs with traditional shots, is just exceptional to watch,” added Lara.

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KL Rahul celebrates his century
KL Rahul scored massive runs in last editions of IPL

Adding to Lara, Ricky Ponting remembered that the Karnataka batsman came as a red ball specialist batsman into the Indian team. However, he moulded his game to cement his spot in the ODI and T20Is as well. The Delhi Capitals head coach hailed the batting performance of KL Rahul in the last two IPL seasons. 

“He’s an interesting one for me. If you wind the clock 2-3 years back, he was probably an out and out technically correct Test match batsman. But what he’s been able to do with his T20 batting in the last 2 IPLs has been unbelievable. He’s probably turned himself into a better white-ball player now. That doesn’t happen that often,” Ponting stated.

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