Watch: KL Rahul plays unbelievable shot in NZ vs IND 1st ODI

KL Rahul (Source- Hotstar)After whitewashing the hosts 5-0 in the T20I series, team India kicked off the 3-match ODI series versus New Zealand today.The visitors got a chance to bat first on a flat wicket as the new opening pair of Prithvi Shaw and Mayank Agarwal kicked off the Indian innings.They provided a solid start to the Men in Blue as they added 50 runs for the first wicket. Skipper Virat Kohli steadied the boat with a half-century and then, the middle order batsmen Shreyas Iyer and KL Rahul took over the business. The Indian team’s score was 156/3 when Rahul united with Iyer in the 29th over.They both first launched a counter attack to take the visiting side’s score near 300. Shreyas played the aggressor’s role as he completed his maiden ODI 100.With this he has all but cemented the number 4 position in the team. Rahul supported him to perfection as his 88* helped team India to post a mammoth total of 347 runs on the board.Even Kedar Jadhav silenced his critics with a quickfire cameo innings in the end. Rahul was the one who stole the show by slamming 3 fours and 6 sixes in his 64-ball knock.KL Rahul turns AB de Villiers for a moment When it comes to playing the modern day shots like reverse sweep, super scoop or switch hit, there is no one who does it better than South Africa’s wicket-keeper batsman, AB de Villiers. It seems like Rahul has started following his footsteps as he played an incredible shot in the first ODI.Facing a fast bowler like James Neesham, it is never easy for a batsman to hit a sweep shot forget about reverse sweep.But the way Rahul dispatched his soon to be Kings XI Punjab teammate, everyone was left awestruck.Watch Video on the Next Pagehttps://twitter.com/MSDivyanshu/status/1224933689508806657?s19

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