KL Rahul is a batsman for the future: Bharat Arun

Indian batsman KL Rahul hasn’t had the best of times of late and therefore has been in and out of the team. He was drafted in after his incredible show in the IPL and he racked up a century in the first T20 against England at Old Trafford in Manchester. The Karnataka batsman scored a Test century against England at Kennington Oval in London and 60 runs against Afghanistan in the Asia Cup.

Nevertheless, he hasn’t shown enough consistency to cement his place. Even in the first Test against the Windies, he got out for a duck to Shannon Gabriel. However, despite his indifferent form, Indian bowling coach Bharat Arun reckons Rahul as a batsman for the future. He also mentioned that the team management has talked to the youngster regarding the issues of the right-handed batsman.

“Technical weakness as what you perceive I do not know but Ravi Shastri and Sanjay Bangar had a good chat with him. As a coach, I feel Rahul is an outstanding player with tremendous potential, who should be persisted with. (in Rahul) we have a super batsman in the future for us,” Arun was quoted as saying in NDTV Sports.

We look at Umesh as somebody who is quick

Umesh Yadav is known for his raw pace, an attribute which makes him a brute force. Unfortunately, he hasn’t featured consistently in the national team and as per Arun, the performances of the other bowlers have been good enough to keep him on the sidelines.

“It’s really unfortunate that Umesh didn’t get to play a lot in South Africa and in England. The reason being, bowlers who played, performed exceptionally well. We look at Umesh as somebody who is quick. We also have a system where we rotate the bowlers so that they remain fresh and Umesh is a part of that (policy). We are extremely confident about what Umesh can bring to the table,” he added.

Umesh recently played the first Test against the Windies and got only one wicket of Keemo Paul in the second innings. The 30-year-old wasn’t a part of the squad that played the Asia Cup in the United Arab Emirates (UAE).

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