The one piece of advice that Sourav Ganguly gave KL Rahul was to look in the mirror. India batter KL Rahul could be promoted to open the innings in the Perth Test against Australia as skipper Rohit Sharma is most unlikely to reach Down Under in time. The 32-year-old averages just 20.77 in Australia, scoring 187 runs in five matches.
He was recently dropped from the playing XI for the second and third Tests against New Zealand after a lean string of scores and Sarfaraz Khan’s knock of 150 in the Bengaluru Test. Former India captain Sourav Ganguly feels that being released by Lucknow Super Giants has put pressure on Rahul, which is clearly shown in his performances.
Cameras picked up the animated chat between KL Rahul and owner Sanjiv Goenka in IPL 2024. It was quite clear that the LSG owner was not happy with how his side performed against SunRisers Hyderabad. Recently, Rahul was also not retained by the franchise, and Goenka seemingly took a dig at the batter, saying the franchise wanted to stick with players ‘who put team first rather than personal achievements’.
