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KL Rahul will open for India in the second Test against Australia, which is scheduled to take place at Adelaide Oval from December 6 to 10.
KL Rahul will open for India in 2nd Test against Australia. (Picture Credit: AP)
Indian skipper Rohit Sharma on Thursday (December 5) confirmed that KL Rahul will open the innings for India in the second Test against Australia. The second Test of the ongoing five-match series between India and Australia is scheduled to take place at Adelaide Oval from December 6 to 10. It is going to be a day-night game and will be played with a pink ball.
“He will be opening the innings, and I will bat somewhere in the middle,” Rohit said when asked about KL’s batting position during the pre-match press conference on the eve of the second Test.
In the absence of Rohit Sharma, Rahul opened for India in the series opener against Australia, which was played at Optus Stadium in Perth from November 22 to 25. The 32-year-old right-handed batter from Karnataka, who made his Test debut in December 2014, scored 26 runs in the first inning and hammered 77 runs in the second.
He added 201 runs for the first wicket with Yashasvi Jaiswal in the second innings of the match, which India won by 295 runs inside four days.
