Will bat top of the order: KL Rahul

Indian skipper for limited-overs matches against South Africa, KL Rahul has confirmed that he will be batting up the order during the upcoming three-match ODI series against South Africa.

The first match of the limited over series is scheduled to commence on the 19th of January. Series opener will be played at Paarl which will also be hosting the second match of the series to be played on the 21 of January. India’s tour of South Africa would be concluded on the 23 of January where India will be playing third ODI against Proteas in Cape Town.

India lost the test series 2-1 and would like to end the tour on a high by winning the ODI series.

India will be playing the tournament without their regular opener, Rohit Sharma. KL who was batting in the middle order off late has confirmed that he would bat up the order in the absence of Rohit Sharma.

Interacting with ANI Indian skipper praised Venkatesh Iyer who has impressed the selector with his stint with KKR during IPL 2021 which eventually got him a place in the Indian side during the T20I series against New Zealand.

Talking about Captanciy, Rahul added that he won’t get carried away with the results of the game and take every game as it comes. He also hailed Virat and Dhoni by claiming that he has learned a lot from both of them.