KL Rahul opens up about best-ever batting moment with first captain MS Dhoni

KL Rahul has emerged as one of top cricketers in country in recent times. KL Rahul was seen performing various roles as per team's demand in India's 2-1 series win against Australia in January. right-hander donned gloves in series and also switched between middle order to opening batting in three-match ODI series. KL Rahul has done reasonably well with gloves in limited-overs format since taking up wicketkeeping role. This has led to serious comparisons between him and former India captain MS Dhoni.

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Recently, KL Rahul resorted to a Q&A session on Twitter where he gave answers to questions asked by his fans. One of his fans asked him to recall his best memory on field with MS Dhoni. KL Rahul named his 107-run partnership with MS Dhoni in a T20I game against West Indies at Miami in 2016 as his most favourite memory with MS Dhoni.

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Chasing a mammoth 246, duo of KL Rahul and MS Dhoni added 107 runs in 49 runs for fourth wicket. However, ir efforts weren't eugh as pair failed to score eight runs off final over. India lost match by a solitary run. Dwayne Bravo had job defending 2 runs off last ball. MS Dhoni who was on strike ended up edging ball to short third man where Marlon Samuels took a sitter. MS Dhoni was dismissed for 43 off 25 balls while KL Rahul remained unbeaten on 110 in 51 deliveries that consisted of five maximums and 12 boundaries.

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KL Rahul names his all-time favourite RCB cricketer

KL Rahul was asked about his favourite all-time batsmen and Indian batsman chose his former Royal Challengers Bangalore teammate. And it wasn’t his national captain Virat Kohli. Rahul named South African great AB de Villiers as his all-time favourite batsman. Rahul and de Villiers have played toger in past for Indian Premier League franchise RCB. former was set to lead Kings XI Punjab (KXIP) franchise in IPL 2020, but coronavirus pandemic brought cricketing world to a standstill.

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