Gautam Gambhir: During the tenure of Team India's head coach Gautam Gambhir, the Indian team is playing its first series in the Test format against Bangladesh. The first match of the Test series against Bangladesh is being played at the MA Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai.

In the match, Team India is on the verge of defeating Bangladesh under the leadership of captain Rohit Sharma, but today we are going to tell you about one such star player of Team India, about whom it is believed that this player is Gautam Gambhir's favorite player, who even if fails in 10 matches, then captain Rohit Sharma will not be able to remove him from the playing 11.

KL Rahul is one of Gautam Gambhir's favorite players

KL Rahul and Gautam Gambhir's relationship dates back before Gambhir became the head coach of Team India. Gautam Gambhir played the role of mentor for Lucknow Super Giants in IPL cricket in the years 2022 and 2023 and KL Rahul was handling the captaincy of the same franchise during that time. The Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) team led by Gautam Gambhir and KL Rahul qualified for the playoff stage in both the seasons.

KL Rahul has been a flop in the recent match

KL Rahul scored only 16 runs in the first innings of the Chennai Test match. Before that, while playing for Team India in ODI cricket on the Sri Lanka tour, KL Rahul had scored 31 runs in 2 matches. Due to which, various questions are being raised on social media about KL Rahul getting a chance in Team India's playing 11.

Such are the statistics of KL Rahul in Test cricket

KL Rahul has played 50 matches for the Indian team in Test cricket so far. In 86 innings of these 50 matches, KL Rahul has scored 2863 runs while batting at an average of 34.08. KL Rahul played 8 centuries and 14 half-century innings in Test cricket during this period. Talking about KL Rahul's highest score in Test cricket, he played an innings of 199 runs against England at the Chennai ground in the year 2016.