‌Twitter in awe as KL Rahul 'times' a glorious maximum over covers off Marco Jansen

Eyeing a series win in South African shores looked a daunting task for the Indian batters as the hosts’ pacers were right on song with the red ball from the first over. They removed the Indian top three in quick time and followed it by fragmenting a 68-run stand between Shreyas Iyer and Virat Kohli post Lunch to open some wide cracks in the tourists’ batting order.

On a surface where most batters hobbled against the pacers, a revamped KL Rahul made playing strokes look easy on the eyes. A vivid example to cite was when the wicketkeeper-batter flaunted a glorious inside out over the covers off Marco Jansen on the first ball of the 45th over. 

Jansen struggled to get any purchase with the new ball for South Africa as Kagiso Rabada, bowing from the other end, left the Indian batters in all sorts of trouble. To rub salts to the wounds, Rahul capitalised on the offered width and peppered a fuller delivery near the fifth stump line for a clean hit. The only people who had a chance of catching the ball were the spectators seated in the grass bank behind the fence. 

Twitter was quick to pick the moment and applaud the execution from the Karnataka-born star as he made batting look simple on South Africa’s fortress.

Imperious from KL - he's holding his own amid some top bowling from South Africa 



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— ESPNcricinfo (@ESPNcricinfo) 

That came outta middle of the bat!

Uffff.... Sound of the bat 😍😍😍🔥🔥🔥

— Haroon (@itx_haroon_453) 

He has got all of those in the pocket!

Stupendous shots

— Haider (@HaiderTarrar1) 

Brilliant strokes!

Good player good shot...😍💪

— Rao Jahanzaib (@RaoJahanzaib19) 

That shot will be remembered!

What a six from KL Rahul over the covers against Marco Jansen. 

— Juman Sarma (@cool_rahulfan) 

Fantastic!

What a shot,  😍

Six over cover.

— Maddy Madhav (@MaddyMadhav_) 

Yeah! Agreed with that point completely!

 is one of the few batters who can make a six over extra cover look audacious and glorious at the same time.   

— Saieesh Mayya (@MayyaSaieesh) 

Haven't seen such recently!

What a shot from KL Rahul! Over extra cover for a six in a Test match! Wow!

— Sreejith Mullappilli (@Mullappilli) 

KLass from KL!

KL Rahul hits a breathtaking SIX!  

— Rahul Sharma (@Rahul_Sharma162) 

He's the man for India!

FIFTY BY KL Rahul 



7 Four and 2 SiX ! in inning . 👏   

— THE AJAY Cric (@The_CricAjay)