KL Rahul must be far more constant and work on his technical flaws with nationwide staff coaches, feels former India captain Mohammed Azharuddin.
The 57-year-old Azharuddin, whose elegant wrist work made him a cynosure of cricket followers, is a bit disenchanted {that a} participant of Rahul’s expertise isn’t realising his full potential.
“I think consistency is the problem in KL Rahul’s case. But I think there are coaches who should rectify his flaws. In my opinion, he is a good player but consistency is missing in his game,” Azharuddin advised PTI in an unique interplay.
Rahul, who has had a string of poor scores since his worldwide comeback, was bowled round his legs for a sedate 39 within the opening ODI in opposition to Sri Lanka in Guwahati on Tuesday.
“I think Rahul is getting out in a lot of manners. Primarily, it is not the good balls that are getting him out. It is poor shot selection first up that is causing problems,” stated Azharuddin, who believes that each one senior gamers ought to take out time and play home cricket.
Limited-overs captain Rohit Sharma and famous person Virat Kohli had been amongst runs within the opening ODI and Azharuddin feels that these two can be India’s premier performers through the 50-over World Cup on the finish of the yr.
“Both are very good and classy players and they have done well in the past too, as the records say. I do believe Kohli and Rohit will do fairly well in the World Cup. In the ODI format, they have always been pretty consistent.”
Having captained the Indian staff in two phases and for near a decade between 1990 to 1999, Azharuddin has a good thought about folks with management acumen. Hardik Pandya, the brand new T20I skipper is one such participant, in accordance with him.
“Hardik has looked good as a leader and seems that he can carry the team along. But he needs to be careful about his back as he had been out for a long time, ” he added.
“India would need Hardik, the all-rounder, and we can’t afford to risk injuries. Hardik has got a young team and that’s the way forward. To forge a winning combination, it will need strong co-ordination for the upcoming T20 series.”
Indian selectors have copped loads of flak of late and Azharuddin would ideally like his former teammate and chairman of selectors Chetan Sharma to clear the air about sure alternatives in order that there is no such thing as a ambiguity.
“Definitely, Chetan is supposed to be doing at least one or two press conferences and should tell that what is the way forward for the current Indian team,” he stated.
He has now been the president of Hyderabad Cricket Association for greater than a yr however had his share of variations with former India gamers like Arshad Ayub and Shivlal Yadav as regards to operating the administration.
“It has been good so far. We are fighting to revive the lost reputation of the Hyderabad Cricket Association. We have had a lot of work done (in terms of renovation) in the stadium arena as well as dressing rooms. When I took charge, it was all in pathetic condition. We will be hosting our second international match in three months time (vs New Zealand). We are very happy that the BCCI has recognized our hardwork and matches are being allotted to us,” Azharuddin stated.
It have to be talked about BCCI awards matches to each centre as per its personal devised rotation system and thus Hyderabad is internet hosting a T20I and ODI in a brief span of time.