K.L. Rahul’s form | A worrying drought with no monsoon winds in sight
Not his best year: K.L. Rahul left a feeble imprint on the international game in 2022, averaging less than 20 in Tests and in the mid-20s in limited overs.
Team sport can often gift a bittersweet flavour to the cogs within the unit. An athlete in the squad could either relish personal success or slump with a poor yield while the larger contingent may experience a contrasting outcome — a loss or a soaring triumph. A hundred in a losing cause and a single-digit score in a glittering win are both part of cricket’s ‘glorious uncertainties’.K. Srikkanth led India to a gritty draw in a Test series, however once the dust settled on that 1989 tour of Pakistan, the skipper’s poor form was held against him and he was stripped of the captaincy. Cut to the present, another opener, not exactly a ma...