Former India batsman and two-time IPL winning captain Gautam Gambhir is eager to watch Kings XI Punjab's (KXIP) newly-appointed skipper KL Rahul in IPL 2020. Rahul was in the tremendous form before cricket took a break because of the COVID-19 pandemic.

This season Rahul will have to manage captaincy along with his batting form. Gambhir rates him highly as a T20 cricketer and wants to see how he takes the new challenge.

“I would want to genuinely watch what KL Rahul does in this IPL. Because according to me KL Rahul is a fantastic T20 cricketer, probably not Test cricket, but definitely T20 and white-ball cricketer,” Gambhir said on Star Sports' Cricket Connected. 

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Gambhir, under his captaincy, led Kolkata Knight Riders to two IPL titles in 2012 and 2014. He knows leading a side is not an easy job and many impressive players have been bothered by this tough job.

“This time he has got the captaincy. We will have to see if he relishes the captaincy because there have been a lot of promising players who have relished captaincy and there have been many other promising players who have been pulled down by the pressures of captaincy.", he said.

The Indian Premier League 2020 will kick off from September 19 at UAE. KXIP have started their preparation after completing the quarantine period.