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Varun Pandey | TIMESOFINDIA.COM

Worrying trend: KL Rahul's poor practice of throwing away assured starts

NEW DELHI: KL Rahul opened the batting for India yet again and looked really solid for his 64-ball 37 but went on to throw his wicket late in the first session on the opening day of the day-night Test against Australia in Adelaide on Friday.

Riding on his luck, Rahul had a couple of escapes in the first innings, including a dramatic no-ball dismissal survival but the top-order batter showed nerves of steel against the new ball and a top Aussie bowling attack which made the ball talk.

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