Rahul's scores are better than Shubman Gill's while opening has scored seven centuries

The first match of the Border Gavaskar Trophy 2024-25 will be played at the Perth Cricket Stadium from November 22. Due to personal reasons, India's regular captain Rohit Sharma is not available for this match. In such a situation, the big question is who will open the batting with the left-handed batsman Yashasvi Jaiswal.

The team already has openers in the presence of Abhimanyu Easwaran, Shubman Gill, and KL Rahul. Gill was injured, so one of Easwaran or KL will be taking over the responsibility of opening in the absence of Rohit Sharma. KL has good experience opening the batting as he has opened the batting on bouncy pitches in Australia. In such a situation, the team management seems to be betting on him.

As an opening batsman, KL Rahul is a better player than Shubman Gill. In 2014, KL Rahul started Test cricket with being an opener against Australia. Opening, KL Rahul has scored 2551 runs in 75 innings of 44 matches at an average of 34.94. During this, he has 7 centuries and 11 half-centuries to his name. KL Rahul's best score while opening is 158 runs. He played this innings in 2016 against West Indies.

On the other hand, Gill, while batting as an opening batsman, has marked 874 runs in 29 innings of 16 matches at an average of 32.37. During this, two centuries and four half-centuries have emerged from his bat. The Indian team now makes Gill bat at number 3. Where he is doing better than opening batting.

Rahul's current record against Australia in 11 Tests reads 618 runs at an average of 34.33, with 1 century and 6 half-centuries. His best score has been 110* runs. Well, his performance in Australia has not been good. He has played 5 Tests on Australian soil, in which he scored 187 runs at a modest average of 20.77. During this Rahul has also scored a century in Australia.