KL Rahul says his opening partner Rohit Sharma is in a different league and it’s impossible to emulate his style.

Rahul, who has opened the batting after Shikhar Dhawan was ruled out with a fracture on his hand, shared a 180-run opening stand against Bangladesh with the Indian vice-captain, who has now hit a record-equalling four hundreds in this World Cup.

“You would be a fool to be tempted to bat like Rohit because he is in a different class, he is from a different planet altogether when he gets going,” Rahul told reporters during an interaction in the mixed zone.

“He made it look really easy [against Bangladesh] when really it wasn’t anything of the kind. The pitch was two-paced, up and down, not coming on to the bat, but from the way he played you would not have known.

“We expect it from him and he is delivering every time. To bat with him is really easy because he takes the pressure off you. He keeps getting the boundaries and the scoreboard keeps ticking, I just have to keep there with him. It is great fun.

“He has scored the most runs for the team, but everyone else has chipped in and we have talked about that as a team, to keep the contributions coming from the middle order and at the death.

“Personally, I feel I have been going well, but I am not fully satisfied as I haven’t carried on after some of the starts,” Rahul said after being dismissed for 77 against on Tuesday.

“It will be great to score big runs for every batsman when he walks in… That’s what he wants to do. I’ve been batting well, in good headspace. I just want to keep doing the things I’ve been doing right, try and probably improve each innings and see if I can prolong the right things I’ve been doing till 60-70.

“If I can do it for a bit longer, obviously I’ll get the big score and it will benefit the team,” Rahul remarked.

While he has spoken to batting coach Sanjay Bangar, he knows he needs to figure out the problems that he is facing at the earliest.

“I’ve spoken to the batting coach and I do speak to my partners and teammates who have done it before and who can help me out. But it’s each one’s own finding.

“I need to find out what’s best for me in the middle. I’m sure it will come. I’m doing a lot of right things, if I do it for longer I’ll know how to do it again and again.”

The 27-year-old lasted until the 33rd over against Bangladesh before edging a sharp catch to wicketkeeper Mushfiqur Rahim.