WATCH: Not Virat or Rohit, Joffra Archer finds it most difficult to bowl to this Indian batsman in IPL.

England fast bowler Joffra Archer recently named the batsman against whom he finds it most difficult to bowl in the IPL. The surprising thing was that Archer neither took the name of Virat Kohli nor Rohit Sharma.

England’s star fast bowler Joffra Archer has made an interesting revelation. Archer, who has been playing in IPL for a long time, told who has been the toughest batsman in his IPL career. The special thing was that he did not take the names of legends like Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma.

According to Archer, India’s wicketkeeper-batsman KL Rahul was no less than a nightmare for the bowlers in the initial years of his IPL career. This England fast bowler believes that at that time Rahul was in the best phase of his career and had the ability to play shots in any part of the field.

During a conversation with Carlos Brathwaite on ‘The Super Over Show’, when Archer was asked about the toughest batsman of his career, he took the name of KL Rahul without thinking much. “Probably KL Rahul in his early years in the IPL. He was at the peak of his career at that time and it seemed like he could hit any ball to any part of the ground. It was really difficult to bowl to him,” Archer said.

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🔴 I HAD NO ANSWER FOR KL RAHUL – JOFRA ARCHER🤯

Q 🎙️: Hardest batter you’ve ever bowled to?

Jofra🎙️: “Probably KL Rahul in the first few years of the IPL. He was in his prime then, and it felt like he could hit any ball anywhere. He was really hard to bowl to.” pic.twitter.com/lEprhZsCmJ

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If we go by KL Rahul’s IPL statistics, his performance has been excellent. He has 5815 runs in his name in 159 matches. During this period his average was 46.15 and strike rate was 139.14.