‘He’s my test batsman, my 50-over batsman and my T20 batsman’

Legendary West Indies batsman Brian Lara named the cricketer he would want in his Test, ODI and T20I teams. Lara said he is really impressed by KL Rahul and love the way he bats.

Rahul recently became the first Indian player to score 500-plus runs in three successive seasons of IPL. The KXIP captain is currently the leading run-scorer of IPL 2020 by some distance. Rahul has scored 525 runs in 9 matches at an average of 75.00 scored at a strike rate of 135.65. He has scored five fifties so far and also has the highest score of this season to his name – an unbeaten 132 against Royal Challengers Bangalore.

“He’s my test batsman, he’s my 50-over batsman and he’s my T20 batsman,” Lara said on Star Sports after KXIP beat Mumbai Indians in a thrilling contest which had to be decided via a second Super Over after both teams ended on level terms not once but twice.