Rahul might be in the form of his life at the moment, but there's one other objective he's keen to achieve before the end of the England tour.
KL Rahul was one of the key architects of India's emphatic victory in the first T20 International against England on Tuesday. The right-hander made a masterful century to guide the visitors to an eight-wicket win in Manchester.
Rahul might be in the form of his life at the moment, but there's one other objective he's keen to achieve before the end of the England tour. Speaking with Dinesh Karthik at the end of the first T20I, Rahul spoke about one of his goals for the England tour, and that has not much to do with cricket.
Rahul was seen doing 'The Dab' with skipper Virat Kohli in Manchester. This form of celebration is quite popular among the Indian cricketers. Hardik Pandya and Murali Vijay have been seen doing it too in the past. Not just 'The Dab', Rahul and Kohli even did 'The Cristiano Ronaldo celebration' during the first Twenty20 on Tuesday.
"By the end of the England series, I want to have a different celebration with each member of the Indian team," Rahul told DK. The Indian cricketer won't be the first athlete to have a different handshake with each of his team-mate. Manchester United's Paul Pogba was the first one to make this practice popular. The mid-fielder has a different handshake with each of his team-mates in the French national football team.
Here's a video of Pogba's many handshakes
In the interview with Karthik, Rahul goes on to show a form of celebration, inspired by basketball, with Hardik Pandya.
"With Virat it's a double tap, followed by the Ronaldo celebration and a salute at the end. You know Virat's a huge Ronaldo fan. I need to develop that kind of rapport with people because not everyone wants to do it. For now, my focus will be on you. By the next game, I'll come up with something," Rahul told Karthik.
Watch Rahul's interview with Karthik HERE
On the England tour, Team India are scheduled to play three T20Is and as many ODIs, followed by five Test matches. The second T20 will be played in Cardiff on Friday.
Here are the T20 squads of both teams
India: Virat Kohli (c), Shikhar Dhawan, Rohit Sharma, KL Rahul, Suresh Raina, Manish Pandey, MS Dhoni (wk), Dinesh Karthik, Yuzvendra Chahal, Kuldeep Yadav, Krunal Pandya, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Deepak Chahar, Hardik Pandya, Siddarth Kaul, Umesh Yadav.
England: Eoin Morgan (c), Moeen Ali, Jonny Bairstow, Jake Ball, Jos Buttler (wk), Sam Curran, Alex Hales, Chris Jordan, Liam Plunkett, Adil Rashid, Joe Root, Jason Roy, David Willey, Dawid Malan.
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