KL Rahul Opens Up About His New No. 6 Role in Champions Trophy
After the historic win of Team India in the Champions Trophy 2025 at Dubai International Cricket stadium against the New Zealand cricket team on Sunday 9th March , many players had played an commendable role in the team India’s winning moment, one of which is Wicketkeeper/Batsman KL Rahul.
KL Rahul played an decisive role in India’s champions trophy success against the New zealnd, KL Rahul shed a light on the mantra behind his success: ” WATCH AND LEARN”. Rahul has reinvented himself as a plaer since the dawn of a new era in Indian cricket, marked by the arrival of Gautam Gambhir. The 32 year old has found support from management and had worked hard to refine his wicketkeeping skills and batting technique, which eventually paid off when India lifted the Champions Trophy for the first time since 2013.
The wicketkeeper who has played at the multiple positions in the batting order, was given the responsibility of number six, as the team wanted to put Axar Patel at five, to give extra depth to the side. Rahul played a crucial role in the middle, scoring a valuable 34 runs in 33 balls in a crunch situation. KL Rahul furtherly stated” I have viewed myself or how I have always played cricket or What I have been taught from a very early age from my coaches is that cricket is a team game and whatever the team requires of you, and you need to be able to do that, you need to be able to accept that firstly and find a way to put in performances for the team and understand what the responsibility is, understand what is takes to be successful batting in defence.
KL Rahul said,” It requires a lot of preparation, it requires a lot of work outside the cricket field, just sitting and thinking about how i need to take each game and how I need to perfrom in different situations and just watch some of the players that I like and some of the players that bat at No.5 and No.6 and how they have been successful previously. So just watch, learn and undertand my role. I am really happy that I have been given different roles and have been able to perform.”
For the exceptional role, KL Rahul was appreciated by his loved ones . His wife Athiya Shetty shared a story with him on the screen , his father- in -law shared a tweet by stating ” India’s wish , Rahul’s command.”