Three months with out a aggressive sport left KL Rahul a trifle rusty however the trendy right-hander had full religion in his preparedness, one thing which helped him bounce again to type within the first ODI in opposition to England right here.
After an detached T20 collection in opposition to the identical crew, Rahul had an excellent first ODI scoring a half century in addition to plenty of catches behind the stumps.
“As a batsman, I feel being in the middle and playing games is what keeps me in good touch,” Rahul mentioned on the eve of the second ODI.
“Having not got as much game time as I would have liked, I mean I won’t say it did not play on my mind, but somehow or the other you have to find a way to be best prepared, be it at training or open net sessions,” he defined.
“In terms of that, I tried to prepare in the best way possible but having said that, nothing beats game time,” he added.
With Rishabh Pant again within the white ball combine and Ishan Kishan additionally grabbing his probability with each palms, Rahul is aware of that he can’t take his place with no consideration regardless of being one of the vital prolific performers within the shorter codecs.
“Look if you find yourself part of this Indian crew that competitors goes to be actually, actually excessive and you’ll by no means sit again and really feel snug such as you personal a place. You will all the time be challenged and that’s how it’s.
“Our country has got a lot of talent, you will always try to push yourself and keep training harder and working on your game. And when opportunity comes, try to grab it with both hands,” he mentioned.
The lean patch that he encountered is a part of a journey for a global cricketer, one thing that didn’t stress him a lot.
“This is a part of the journey and all people goes by this. I didn’t do something completely different or I wasn’t too confused. As a participant, you may get disillusioned as I’ve been sitting on the bench for some time.
“After those three or three half months, I wanted to do well like every player in the team. If it doesn’t happen, you accept it.”
Rahul believes that one has to query personal self on whether or not the preparation has been on top of things or not.
“I asked myself, if I was prepared well and training hard? Was there anything which I didn’t do in terms of preparation? If I did and after that, if I don’t score runs, I can accept that.”
But the poor run within the T20 collection did disappoint him.
“You do really feel disillusioned as you might be representing your nation. You need to hold performing and hold profitable video games in your nation. You must additionally settle for that typically it received’t go your approach and it’s a must to be affected person at instances.
“I have been doing well and contributing in whatever roles and responsibilities thrown at me for last two and half years. I have always put the team ahead.”
As far because the technical half is worried, Rahul mentioned the identical approach received him runs too, so he doesn’t have to query himself on it.
“When issues had been going proper, I didn’t query my course of and my ardour or my dedication in the direction of the sport and I didn’t need to sit again and over-analyse three or 4 dangerous performances,
“You need to accept sometimes, I was doing most things right which were in my control. After that if you don’t score, you move on.”
