During the second match between India and Australia hosted at the Saurashtra Cricket Association in Rajkot it was KL Rahul’s performance which stood out in the game. After losing the toss, India was put to bat first and KL Rahul scored 80 runs from 52 balls. He had also stepped into the shoes of Rishabh Pant who had been injured and the Karnataka batsman was quite impressive even with the gloves. Needless to say that the batsman made the netizens happy with his performance and the netizens compared him to Rahul Dravid. Great to Be Compared With Someone Like Rahul Dravid: KL Rahul

KL Rahul laced his innings with six fours and three maximums. The stumping also came handy as it dismissed the Australian captain Aaron Finch who had scored a century in the first ODI. Thus it wouldn’t be wrong to say that KL Rahul played a vital role in India’s victory. This made the netizens compare him to Rahul Dravid who only many occasions not only India to win games but were also efficient behind the stumps. Check out e a few tweets below:

Another one

;

Quite similar

Rahul from Karnataka

Last one

KL Rahul spoke about the comparisons made between him and Rahul Dravid and said that it is great to be compared to someone of the former Indian captain’s stature. “The names – he's Rahul Dravid and I'm Rahul – so the comparisons always been there and he's someone I have spent a lot of time with talking about cricket, talking about batting and he's coming from the same state as well (Karnataka),” he said. India will take on Australia in the next match on January 19, 2020.

(The above story first appeared on LatestLY on Jan 18, 2020 04:44 PM IST. For more news and updates on politics, world, sports, entertainment and lifestyle, log on to our website latestly.com).