In this span, Rahul stacked hundreds on devilish tracks in England and South Africa. Story continues below this ad“Players today arrive at Test cricket with their mental and emotional fuel tanks on load. KL Rahul of India during Day 2 of the warm-up match between Sri Lanka XI and India at the NCC Ground, Colombo, Sri Lanka, on August 8, 2026. “The time that India is playing T20s, he can use for his Test cricket practice, giving him a mental rest and also more time to prepare for Test cricket,” Jaffer suggests. Rahul would want to define a series and rack up the big hundreds that could put him in the company of the elite.s