India, July 12 -- Former India wicketkeeper-batter Dinesh Karthik was all praise for KL Rahul and rightly so. Rahul became only the second Indian after Dilip Vengsarkar to score more than one century at the iconic Lord's in the third Test of the Anderson-Tendulkar Trophy. It was also his second of the series -- he had scored a fantastic century in the series opener at Headingley. Rahul's patient and measured effort with the bat earned him the 'best Indian batter across format in the last one year' tag from Karthik but right after the India opener was dismissed, he drew harsh criticism from Karthik.

When Rahul crossed his half-century on Day 2, Karthik said he was one of the most underrated batters of Indian cricket. "KL Rahul is much und...