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Post Koffee With Karan debacle, Rahul Dravid helped me : K L Rahul
After facing backlash on their misogynistic and derogatory comments on the popular chat show Koffee With Karan, K L Rahul and Hardik Pandya had a tough 18 months. They were recalled from the T20I series in Australia in January after the BCCI suspended them.
The duo were let off by the Board, when they accepted their short comings and paid a monetary fine. Addressing the controversy post his century at the India - Bangladesh warm up match on Tuesday, he said, "Time-out from the game gives a player an opportunity and time to reflect on himself and his cricket. It wasn't any different for me. I got some time to spend with friends and family, which was so important because I've been on the road for a long time. Given the situation, that's not what I wanted to get some time off. Anyway I tried to make the best use of it, I felt like there were a few things with my batting and technique I needed to fix."
Speaking about Rahul Dravid's support, he said, "I worked with my coach back home in Bangalore and the India A games gave me a little time with Rahul Dravid to just speak to him about mental preparation and how to handle pressure and how to handle low confidence and low form. The best way to get back to scoring runs is to find that form in the middle and I got that opportunity. So from there I just carried on and I knew that my batting was fine and I was very hungry to come back and score runs for whatever teams I played."
