Failures make champion players stronger: Shikhar Dhawan hails KL Rahul's 43-ball 62 not out vs England

India vs England: Senior India opener Shikhar Dhawan has applauded KL Rahul's return to form in the 1st ODI against England on Tuesday and said that failures make champion players stronger.

India batsman KL Rahul returned to form in the 1st ODI against England in Pune on Tuesday and scored unbeaten 62 off 43 balls to help India post a decent 318-run target for the visitors. India were at once reeling under pressure and were 5 down for 205 runs in 40.3 overs. Hardik Pandya had just departed and the onus was on KL Rahul and ODI debutant Krunal Pandya. It was good to see @klrahul11 score a half-century: @SDhawan25#TeamIndia #INDvENG @paytm pic.twitter.com/JZZtnP6MB7 The duo came down all guns blazing and smashed 112 runs off just 61 balls to take their team's total past 300. At the time when India's 50 overs quota was over, KL Rahul was unbeaten on 62 off 43, while Krunal Pandya went back to the pavilion on 58 not out runs off just 31 balls. The innings was even more important for KL Rahul, who could manage only 15 runs from his 4 outings in the recently-concluded T20I series against England. He had registered scores of 1, 0, 0 and 14 and was dropped from the 5th and final T20I.