Royal Challengers Bangalore’s KL Rahul made 397 runs in this IPL, a marked improvement from the 142 he scored last season for Sunrisers Hyderabad. About a year back, Samuel Jayaraj remembers getting a call from his star ward KL Rahul. The just-finished IPL had put a question in Rahul’s mind.”Sir, what should I do to become a big hitter?” Jayaraj, who knew Rahul since the time he was 10-year-old newcomer at his Mangalore academy, knew the reason behind the desperate query. The young batsman, a regular in India’s Test squad now, wanted to be an all-format player. A day after Rahul reached Zimbabwe with India’s ODI squad, a spot he booked after a successful IPL season, Jayaraj remembers a vital...
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