Manchester, July 20 -- As the fourth Test against England at Manchester draws closer, a key point of attention will be the Indian opener KL Rahul, who has had a potentially career-defining series in England so far and stands just 60 runs away from completing 9,000 international runs.

With the series in favour of England by 2-1, India will have to play out of their skins to defy this equally competitive English unit. For that, it is important that KL absorbs all the pressure while opening the batting, makes the new ball old, balances out his classy cover drives with some careful leaves.

In his international career so far, KL has scored 8,940 runs in 218 matches in 254 innings at an average of 39.73, with 19 centuries and 58 fifties. His ...