This has left Chopra slightly perplexed, given that so far, Rahul has mostly played Test cricket batting as an opener. Rahul has opened for India in 33 of the 36 Tests played, scoring 1915 runs at an average of 36.82. The first is that you have Mayank Agarwal and Abhimanyu Easwaran available to open the innings. The team management has already declared that Rahul is only a middle-order choice," Chopra said on his YouTube channel. I do understand but what I can't get a grip of is that Rahul is no longer an opener, he is a middle-order batsman.

Source: Hindustan Times July 08, 2021 06:22 UTC