"When You Travel Overseas...": KL Rahul On Opening The Batting With Yashasvi Jaiswal

Ahead of the pink-ball, day-night Test against Australia, India batter KL Rahul opened up on batting with Yashasvi Jaiswal during the Perth Test win, saying that he saw a little bit of younger him in the 22-year-old who is also making his first trip to Australia like Rahul did back in 2014. The cricket technicians and Test-loving purists would no doubt be anticipating yet another masterclass from Jaiswal and Rahul at the top when they take to the field for the second Test at Adelaide Oval.

Their double-century partnership in the second innings not only broke several records at Perth, but also paved the way for a massive 295-run win. While KL played a crucial knock of 77, Jaiswal went on to crack an awe-inspiring 161 in his first Test in Australia after a first innings duck.

Speaking during pre-match press conference, KL said that during the second innings, they talked about putting some massive runs on the board to move ahead in the game after managing just 150 runs in the first innings. Also, he said that he shared some wisdom about playing in Australia with Jaiswal, that he has gathered with his decade-long experience.

"I do not think we've batted together before this. In the first innings, we did not really get enough time. He got out really early. But we did have a few chats before in training sessions as well and I tried to share whatever little I have learned from playing here in Australia and facing up against the new ball. So those were the conversations that we had. But in the second innings, obviously, it was a really important period that second day where we had to put runs on board and we knew if we could do that, we will be ahead in the game," said the batter.

Rahul said that batting with Jaiswal made him