"Rahul Dravid And Think Tank Has...": Ex India Pacer On Why KL Rahul Is Getting "Extended Run"

KL Rahul's string of low scores is creating more noise than ever. The India opener failed to score big in the first Two Tests against Australia. Though he has been retained for the third and fourth Tests of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy, the pressure on Rahul is intense. Former India pacer Venkatesh Prasad has been very vocal about Rahul being given a long rope despite repeated failures. Now, another former India pacer Dodda Ganesh, has given a logic on why Rahul is getting repeated chances.

"Rahul Dravid and the think tank has immense faith in KL Rahul's abilities, so he is getting an extended run like Rohit got in ODIs. We all know KL is a special player. It's high time he converted his potential into consistent scores. Let's hope he comes good in the last 2 tests," Dodda Ganesh wrote, after retweeting Venkatesh Prasad's post.

There is a view that KL Rahul has an outstanding overseas Test record. But stats speak otherwise. He has a test avg of 30 overseas in 56 innings. He has scored 6 overseas centuries but followed it up with a string of low scores that's why averaging 30. Let's look at a few others pic.twitter.com/MAvHM01TcY

Prasad, a former India pace great, wrote: "There is a view that KL Rahul has an outstanding overseas Test record. But stats speak otherwise. He has a test avg of 30 overseas in 56 innings. He has scored 6 overseas centuries but followed it up with a string of low scores that's why averaging 30. Let's look at a few others

"Shikhar Dhawan has the best overseas average amongst recent openers. Avg of nearly 40 with 5 100's. Though he too hasn't been consistent in Test but had Outstanding centuries in SL and NZ, plus a much better home record.

"Mayank Agarwal after the brilliant start in Aust did