New Delhi: Former India batsman Sanjay Manjrekar believes that KL Rahul’s form in the test series against England is the biggest positive for visitors so far. Rahul has scored 375 runs in six innings during the series, including two centuries and one and a half centuries, outlining its continuity at the top of the order.“As an analyst and a former cricketer – I have got the greatest satisfaction – KL has come from looking at Rahul. He is always playing. Yes, his technology had gray fields, but he worked on them and resolved. The missing that was, it was stability. On one of our shows, we also gave him the title of ‘Mr. Consent Kail Rahul’ – but it was a long time.“He has now played more than 50 Test matches for India, and what I am seeing is now close to perfection – there are no weaknesses. For the first time in a foreign chain, he has scored more than 200 runs. For me, there is a huge route for India, “Manjrekar said on Gehotstar.While showing the loss of India’s narrow 22 runs at Lord’s, Manjrekar also talked about the important ninth wicket partnership between Ravindra Jadeja and Jaspreet Bumrah, which hoped India for the last day.
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“Ravindra Jadeja was batting well and defending completely, but it did not seem that he was taking necessary risks to help India win. He was playing a waiting game and hoping against Asha. The real star in that partnership, however, Jaspreet Bumrah. He stayed out with bounces for an hour and 40 minutes. The mental cruelty we see in his bowling came into his batting too, and it was really special, “he said.
Manjrekar praised Jadeja’s better nature and technology better with the bat, which indicates his development as a trusted lower order batsman.“It is heartfelt to see how much Jadeja trusts his defense these days. He now plays a long innings, patient and on his side over time. The runs he scored in the first innings was not a quick-age 70-she was batting for four hours. She said all this with the dressing room, it felt like the team knew that it would be very difficult to win. Jadeja was trying, there is no doubt, but looking at the pitch, conditions and India’s scoring rate, looked beyond the chase, “Manjrekar added to Jadeja’s gritty knock.
He also appreciated Bumrah’s adaptability and sports awareness in both innings, saying that the fast bowler continues to add different ways.“In the first innings, Bumrah showed how great bowler he is. It was a kind of pitch where he could not really display his entire boundary, so he patiently bowled and waited for opportunities. And when he came – when he came – half of the innings – in half of the innings – he offered to take five wickets in the first innings. Quickly, quickly, Bumrah stepped and distributed again. Yorker is still fresh in the brain to dismiss Bridan cars. The former batsman said, “By showing his greatness in different ways – Bumrah has become a legacy.