Handed a chance to open the innings for India in the T20I series against the West Indies, star player KL Rahul said he is looking to make the most of the opportunities but doesn’t want to worry about sealing his T20 World Cup berth.
The India team is continuing its preparations for next year’s T20 World Cup and many players, whose places are not yet secured, are trying to impress the selectors with their performances against the West Indies.
Rahul, who was promoted as an opener in the absence of injured Shikhar Dhawan, grasped the chance with both hands by scoring a 40-ball 62 to help India record their highest successful run chase on Friday.
“It’s (T20 Wolrd Cup) a long way honestly. I have got the opportunity to bat top of the order again after a couple of series, so looking forward to just making the best use of it,” Rahul said at the post match press conference.
“Today was a good outing, good hit in the middle and hopefully I can continue the same thing without worrying about October next year. There are a lot of games before that.”
The 27-year-old stylish batsman from Karnataka said despite both the teams scoring 200 plus runs, the wicket on offer at the Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium here wasn’t the easiest wicket to bat.
“The wicket wasn’t bad, both teams scored 200 plus and we chased it in 19 overs but it wasn’t the easiest wicket to bat on,” Rahul said.
India won the game by six wickets but they were far from impressive on the field with Rohit Sharma and Washington Sundar dropping a few catches.
Rahul said for a fielder it wasn’t easy to pick the ball with low flood lights at the ground here.
“I don’t think it’s the dimensions of the ground, I think the lights are pretty low and sometimes you lose the ball in that light and that’s what happened a couple of times,” he said.
“We have played here before, we have played here for years so we knew what to expect. As a team we don’t complain about things like these, it’s not in our control.”