KL Rahul needs to be more consistent and work with his national team coach on his technical shortcomings, says former India captain Mohammed Azhardine.
Azharuddin, 57, who became a cricket aficionado with his elegant wristwork, is a little disappointed that a player as talented as Rahul hasn’t lived up to his potential. I’m here.
“In the case of KL Rahul, I think consistency is a problem. But I think there are coaches who should correct his mistakes. I am,” Azharuddin said in his exclusive correspondence with PTI. Rahul, who has had a string of poor results since returning to international competition, was knocked out with a quiet 39 in Tuesday’s opener ODI against Sri Lanka in Guwahati.
“I think Rahul goes wrong in many ways. First and foremost, it’s not a good ball to get him out. Azharuddin said he believes players should take their time and play domestic cricket.
Limited overs captain Rohit Sharma and his superstar Virat Kohli are in his ODI for the first time, and Azharuddin will see the two of them at his 50 overs World Cup later this year. I believe that he will become a top player in India. “Both are very good Thoroughbred players and as the records show they have done well in the past. I think Kohli and Rohit will do quite well at the World Championships. doing.”
Azharuddin, who captained the Indian side for almost ten years in his two stages from 1990 to his 1999, has a pretty good idea of people with leadership qualities. According to him, his new T20I skipper, Hardik Pandya, is one of those players.
“Hardik looks good as a leader and seems capable of leading a team. But he was out late, so you have to watch your back,” he added.
“India needs an all-rounder Hardik and cannot afford to risk injury. Hardik has a young team and this is the way forward. We need a strong alignment towards that.”
Indian selectors have received a lot of criticism lately and Azharuddin wants his former team-mate and selectors chairman Chetan Sharma to clean up the air and remove ambiguity in certain selections. increase.
“Definitely Chetan should have at least one or two press conferences to talk about the current situation with the Indian team. He has now been president of the Hyderabad Cricket Association for over a year, but has some differences when it comes to administrative management from former Indian players like Arshad Ayub and Shibral Yadav.
“So far so good, we are fighting to restore the lost reputation of the Hyderabad Cricket Association. When I took command, everything was dire. We will hold an international match (against New Zealand) for the first time in three months. We are very happy that BCCI recognized our efforts and that the game was assigned to us,” he said.
It should be mentioned that in a short time Hyderabad is hosting T20I and his ODI as BCCI assigns games to each center according to its own rotation system.