KL Rahul and Virat Kohli have played a lot of cricket together. They have traveled to many places to represent the Indian cricket team in international cricket and also played in the IPL together. They have a close bond, and recently, KL Rahul revealed a story about himself and Virat Kohli.
Many fans would remember that Rahul made his Test captaincy debut earlier this year during the ICC World Test Championship series against the South African cricket team. He got an opportunity to lead India because both Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli were unavailable.
Recalling the day when Virat Kohli informed him about the news of his captaincy debut, KL Rahul said during a chat on the Red Bull Cricket Room hosted by Clubhouse:
“The morning of the game, Virat (Kohli) came to me in the bus and said, ‘My back is not feeling great, you might have to captain the team.”
Rahul admitted that since he was the vice-captain, he was slowly adopting to the leadership role, but he did not expect to play the captain’s role so soon. Unfortunately, Rahul lost his maiden Test as the Indian cricket team captain.
When that ‘C’ in the team list comes, it does feel new: KL Rahul talks about captaining India in Virat Kohli’s absence
Virat Kohli had a back issue. Due to that, Rahul led India in the second match of the ICC World Test Championship series against the South African cricket team. When asked if he felt any different, Rahul replied:
“It didn’t put me off or my mindset didn’t change a lot. When that ‘C’ in the team list comes, it does feel new and it is something you are proud of.”
The Indian batter signed off by saying that not many get the honor of captaining the Indian cricket team which was why he was quite happy and grateful for the big opportunity.
