India, Oct. 3 -- When cricketers, like all other professional sportspersons, insist that the desire to keep learning, to keep improving, to keep striving to get better, is innate and never-ending, they aren't just falling back on cliches. Most walk the talk in the journey towards becoming the best versions of themselves. In some instances, the results are tangible and immediate; in other cases, they take a little longer in manifesting themselves. KL Rahul falls in the latter category.

The 33-year-old has been a Test cricketer for more than a decade. He provided the first glimpses of his wonderful skills in only his second Test, in Sydney in January 2015, with what many were certain was the first of numerous hundreds. The classy right-han...