THE last time India toured Zimbabwe, KL Rahul became the first male batter from the country to score a century on ODI debut. He made his debut as an opener and has been one of the top three options for the role in the 50-over format. Six years on, Rahul will be returning to Harare as the captain, but it is not quite clear what his role would be in the batting line-up.
In the past, he has been shuffled between various roles based on the availability of their first-choice openers, Rohit Sharma and Shikhar Dhawan. Since January 2019, Rahul has opened only 14 times in 29 innings. In a full-strength Indian ODI XI, he largely bats at No 5, and gets moved around depending on the number of overs left. In the nine times he has batted at No 5 during the aforementioned period, Rahul averages 63.71, while striking at 114.35.
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