Former India coach Ravi Shastri said tweaking “front-foot” technique has helped KL Rahul to be more productive with the bat against England, and hoped that the senior batter will continue at the top of his game for the “next three or four years.”
Rahul has so far scored 375 runs from three Tests with two hundreds and a fifty at an average of 62.50. “What I am seeing is a slight adjustment he’s made with his front foot, in his stance and while defending,” Shastri told ICC Review. “It just opened up a bit, which allows his bat to come through cleanly. Even when he’s hitting it towards mid-wicket, it’s the full face of the blade,” he added.
“He doesn’t need to close the face of the blade, and fall over and get into trouble like he used to in the past. He would get out bowled, he would get across too far and then be out leg before,” he noted. Shastri hoped Rahul can end up with an average close to 50. “He’s in his prime. He has got to make these next three-four years count. And I see him getting a lot of hundreds because he’s playing in India a lot. So whatever that average is, it be close to 50,” he said.
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