While KL Rahul's success as an opening batsman in the first two Tests has been attributed by the team management to 40-50 days of preparation in the nets in England, a mental shift to his younger days may have also helped him bury the burden of past failures.

Rahul, who played Test cricket after almost two years and only because the regular openers were injured and their replacements not arrived, is India's most successful batsman in the ongoing Test series against England with 244 runs, including a century (129) in the second Test and 84 in the first Test.