India, July 16 -- Former England batter Owais Shah has praised senior India batter KL Rahul, stating that with Virat Kohli's retirement, Rahul will now come out of his shadow and flourish. The former English batter believes Rahul is poised to excel in the current team setup. Rahul has returned to the opener's role after the retirement of Rohit Sharma and has shown promising signs with a couple of centuries already in the series. The star batter has embraced the responsibility of anchoring the batting order, aiming to provide stability so that his teammates can express themselves more freely around him.

Rahul has slammed 375 runs in six innings at an average of 62.50.

Shah asserted that Rahul stayed in Kohli's shadow for a long period of...