India opener KL Rahul has found his touch in the first T20I against West Indies. It meant that the cricketer got an opportunity to feature on 'Chahal TV' which is hosted by his teammate Yuzvendra Chahal. Usually, one of the star performers from the match gets interviewed in this segment of BCCI.TV.
Chahal started the chat asking a funny question to Rahul who scored 62 runs against West Indies and became the seventh Indian batsman to go past 1000-run mark in T20Is.
“Now that you have reached 1000 runs, do you know how many runs you are ahead of me in the run-scoring chart in T20Is?", Chahal asked Rahul.
To which, the opening batsman jokingly replied that “I am 999 runs ahead of you”.
India's valuable asset in the shorter format, Rahul talked about the chase and how the pitch was helpful for batting.
“We saw in the first innings that when the batsmen were set on the wicket, it got easier to score runs. This wicket was a bit weird, it was not the flattest wicket that I played on but still, both teams managed to score 200 plus so I cannot complain about the wicket,” Rahul told Chahal on his talk-show ‘Chahal TV’.
“Initially, I got two-three boundaries in the second over of our innings and that gave me confidence. But unfortunately, Rohit got out a bit early, then Virat came in and it was important to form a partnership. Luckily, Virat stayed till the end and it all paid dividends,” he added.
India won the first T20I against West Indies by 6 wickets. Rahul was second-highest run-scorer for India after Virat Kohli, who missed out a hundred by 6 runs and scored unbeaten 94 runs.
