KL Rahul: 'Batting at No. 5 has helped me understand my game better
Batting at No. 5 in ODIs has helped KL Rahul understand his game better. After his match-winning and unbeaten 64 against Sri Lanka in Kolkata which helped India seal the series, Rahul said that batting in the middle order allows him the time to read the match situation and relax before he walks out to bat. "One thing I really enjoy is that you don't have to rush back into batting," Rahul, who also kept wickets this series, told Star Sports. "You get time to put your feet up, have a nice cold shower, have a good meal and then relax and then see what's happening before walking in. That's the good thing about batting at No. 5. With Rahul no longer vice-captain in ODIs and plenty of wicketkeeping and middle-order options for the management to explore before the World Cup later this year, the Kolkata innings became all the more important for him. India needed someone to stabilise the chase after a top-order stutter, and Rahul didn't leave the field till the j...