A number of cricket venues round India have witnessed some memorable moments within the historical past of Indian cricket. Because of this, cricket state associations have usually named the stands from the place the followers cheer and play the position of the 12th man for Crew India, and have been named after stalwarts of the sport.
Therefore each cricketer representing India has a want to make a mark with their distinctive performances on the sphere which finally results in the followers remembering them fondly by the identify of the stands named after them in a stadium. Star India batter KL Rahul was no exception both. The Karnataka batter lately discovered his batting mojo within the first Take a look at as he performed a powerful knock of 77 runs on a difficult Perth pitch and ably supported Yashasvi Jaiswal.
Fairly apparently as it might sound, lately, the Karnataka State Affiliation (KSCA) arrived on the choice to call the stands of the famend M Chinnaswamy Stadium after cricketers who not solely introduced laurels to the nation within the worldwide area but additionally made the state of Karnataka proud.
Notably, the stands of the Chinnaswamy might be named after the legends of Indian cricket viz- GR Viswanath, Erapalli Prasanna, Syed Kirmani, BS Chandrasekhar, Roger Binny, Brijesh Patel, Javagal Srinath, Rahul Dravid, Anil Kumble and Venkatesh Prasad, respectively.
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Therefore throughout a latest press interplay forward of the second Take a look at to be performed in Adelaide, Rahul was requested whether or not he would wish to see Bengaluru’s Chinnaswamy Stadium stand named after him. He instantly admitted by way of his reply that he absolutely would love it to occur. However he reminded everybody that so as to obtain that legendary standing, he nonetheless wanted to attain truckloads of runs for Crew India.
“I might like to have a stand after my identify, however for that, I should rating lots of runs. I haven’t reached that stage of my profession the place I could make it a risk. It’s a good transfer by the Karnataka Cricket Affiliation to honour the cricketers who’ve performed for the nation and the state. It’s a pretty initiative,” mentioned Rahul throughout a press convention.
Batting order dilemma continues between Rahul-Rohit Sharma for India
Moreover, forward of the second Border-Gavaskar Trophy (BGT 2024-25) Take a look at, India have been scratching their head to determine whether or not KL Rahul ought to proceed to open forward and Captain Rohit Sharma ought to ideally shuffle down the order for the staff’s trigger. For the unversed, Rahul has at all times been rated extremely for his versatility in direction of taking part in at totally different positions and but popping out good most of the time. Often, the batter performs at quantity six within the Take a look at format. Solely time will inform at what place will the Hitman come out to bat for the Indian staff in his subsequent outing in opposition to Australia.
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