Indian national cricket team batting legend Sunil Gavaskar has stated that star batsman KL Rahul will need some luck on his side in the Border-Gavaskar Trophy 2024-25.

Sunil Gavaskar also opined that KL Rahul will have no problem performing for Australia in the high-octane five-match Test series against the Australian national cricket team.

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KL Rahul likely to open for India in Perth Test

The first Test of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy 2024-25 between India and Australia will begin on November 22 in Perth.

India captain Rohit Sharma will miss the match as he has taken paternity leave and Yashasvi Jaiswal will need a new opening partner.

India have two main options in the team – Abhimanyu Easwaran and KL Rahul – and both batsmen struggled in the unofficial Tests against Australia A.

KL Rahul, due to his experience at the international level, has reportedly been selected by the Gautam Gambhir-led coaching staff to open with Yashasvi Jaiswal in the absence of Rohit Sharma and Abhimanyu Easwaran, despite his exceptional first-class record, will be warming up the atmosphere. bank.

KL Rahul scored one of the best centuries I have witnessed first-hand in South Africa – Sunil Gavaskar

Speaking before the first match of the Test series, Sunil Gavaskar stated that Rahul has done a great job for India in overseas Tests and he will not have any problem this time too.

“KL Rahul scored one of the best centuries I have witnessed first-hand in South Africa last year opening the batting, so doing it again here won’t be a problem for him.

“Like all batsmen, he will need some luck at the beginning and if he gets it, he can take the team to a solid opening,” Gavaskar told PTI in an exclusive interview ahead of the series opener.

KL Rahul has played a total of 53 Tests for the Indian national cricket team and has scored 2981 runs at an average of 33.87.

With the experience of this team, I am sure they will guide the youngsters to look at the next – Sunil Gavaskar

India will enter the Border-Gavaskar Trophy 2024-25 after a 0-3 whitewash against New Zealand. They will be under tremendous pressure as it was the Indian team’s worst performance at home in the history of Test cricket.

However, Sunil Gavaskar wants the Men in Blue to forget about the series against the Black Caps and focus solely on the Border-Gavaskar Trophy 2024-25.

“Just as a batsman is trained to forget the previous delivery and concentrate on the next, good teams forget what happened in the previous Test match and concentrate on the next.”

“With the experience of this team, I am sure they will guide the youngsters to look at the next and not think about the previous,” Gavaskar said.