"Both Rohit Sharma and KL Rahul have been part of Indian limited over side for quite A long period of time with Rahul getting selected in the longest format of the game but didn't getting a chance in the playing eleven shows the team's inclination towards giving the chances to youngsters and the foremost reasons for that was his failures in the past and Rohit didn't opened in this format for a very long period of time but played down the order quite a few time"
'Here I will be telling you how their career are upholding'
Well both of them are exceptional cricketers but the dynamics they both share and the role that they played have varied throughout their career.
So if we talk about KL Rahul his test career have not gone that smoothly as compared to the limited overs cricket may be because of some continuous failures or may be number of options that are available with the selectors in the longest format of the game, still he had scored 2321 runs in 40 games and his highest test score of 199 came against England.
Recently he made a sensational comeback century on lords cricket ground that have guaranteed that he will become one of the India's first choice opener in the longest format of the game because he have done it in the most difficult conditions of England.
In ODI cricket his position of batting was always under scrutiny that where he could bat to bring out the best from him, according to him he always preferred to open.
In 2019 world cup he was selected as a middle order batsman especially as number 4 batsman but Shikhar Dhawan's injury in the middle forced the team to bring him up the order but afterwards he was also tried at number 3 and when Rishabh Pant or Shreyas Iyer was not in the team he was finally settled at number 5 where he scored his highest ODI score of 112.
In t20 cricket he certainly become a different player as if he belongs to that format completely and it become really hard for the bowlers when he gets going he has been india's 3d player for quite a long period of time and scored 1751 runs in 53 matches in which his highest score of 110 came against England.
Apart from Kl Rahul Rohit Sharma is also considered to be king of the limited overs cricket but his career got drastically changed in 2013 when he was brought up by india's former captain MS Dhoni and became one of the best opener of limited overs cricket. He is considered to be the best puller of the ball.
In t20 cricket he was part of as many as 116 matches and scored 4 centuries but what's more was he didn't started his career as an opener but he batted down the order but he didn't got much success at that position. Till now he has scored 3038 runs with a highest score of 118 in this format.
In ODI Cricket his career have gone smoothly as compared to the longest and shortest format of the game, he has played such a vital role in the victories of indian cricket but what's more special about this format for him is that he has 3 double centuries in this format of the game and as many as 29 centuries. he has scored 9205 in 227 games which include the highest score of 264 which has not been made by anyone else till now.
Test cricket which is considered to be the toughest format of the game and even in this format he did'nt started his career as an opener but batted down the order but for the first time he was brought up the order where he really loves to bat in the limited overs cricket when South Africa toured india it was like he was litterally starting his career as a test opener and what's next was he scored his first double century in test cricket in which he scored 212 runs and scored as many as 8 centuries in making 3047 runs in just 43 matches.
The fact that no other team has same openers for the shortest and the longest format of the game made this duo much more special.
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