Dhoni retired from Test in 2014 and has not played for India in the limited overs since ODI World Cup in England last year.
"I was nervous when I was doing it for India because of the crowd pressure. If you fumble a ball, people feel that you cannot replace MS Dhoni. The pressure of replacing a legendary wicket-keeper like MSD was immense as it involved people accepting someone else behind the stumps," Rahul said on Star Sports show 'Cricket Connected'.
"People who follow cricket know that I haven't been away from wicket-keeping for too long as I donned the gloves in the IPL and every time I played for Karnataka," he said.
"I am always in touch with wicket-keeping but am also somebody who is more than willing to take up the role if the team needs me to," said Rahul. (UNI)
