5 current young batsmen who had a great start to their Test careers

#2 Lokesh Rahul

Rahul scored an impressive century against Australia in Sydney in 2015

Rahul won the Man of the Match award in India’s spectacular win at Bengaluru against Australia recently. In doing so, he showed why he is rated highly by Virat Kohli and Anil Kumble. The Karnataka player has 1089 runs in 26 innings from 16 Tests, scored at 41.88 with a strike-rate of 56.51.

Interestingly, he has four centuries and five half-centuries, which means he fires once every three innings. One of those centuries was in Australia, one in West Indies and a third was scored in Sri Lanka. The lone ton in India was a score of 199. He is elegant and has all the shots in the book along with a defence, that after the initial jitters, is water-tight.

Rahul’s comfort against seam bowling makes him a good prospect for away tours as well and he seems all set to be a good, if not a like for like, replacement to the inimitable Virender Sehwag. Rahul can also keep wickets making him even more useful for the team as a backup.