‘Aacha chalta hu duao mein yaad rakhana’- KL Rahul gets out cheaply against Australia in the second innings of Delhi Test
KL Rahul did not have a good time in the second innings of the second Test against Australia in Delhi. He scored 1 run off 3 balls and fell to Nathan Lyon on the first ball of the second over. He had fallen prey to Lyon in the first innings as well. Rahul played a painstaking innings of 17 off 41 balls, with one six. He looked very uncomfortable and was not batting in his free-flowing self. In the first Test as well. He scored 20 off 71 balls, with one four in Nagpur.
Rahul has not been in the best form in the white flannels for India. In the last 11 Tests, he has been failing continuously with the bat and leaving the Team in the lurch. He has averaged 31.75 from 11 Tests in the last 24 months and scored 135 runs in the last 10 innings. He has not been in good form across other formats as well. The opening batter has been very patchy and inconsistent with the bat.
KL Rahul has been very inconsistent with the bat
The Karnataka batter has been accused of favouritism and he is only on the Indian side because he is the vice-captain of the Men in Blue across formats. He has been on the side for that reason and not for his batting. The right-handed batter has not been able to string in good performances to prove his worth in the Indian Team.
With Rahul in the side but not scoring runs, he is not allowing the in-form players to be a part of the Test side such as Shubman Gill, who has scored runs in Test cricket and he had recently scored his maiden Test hundred against Bangladesh. The 30-year-old could be benched and taken out of the last two Tests on the back of his poor form.
India turned the match in Delhi as Australia ended their first innings on 263. India were bowled out for 262 with a one-run lead. In the second innings, Ravindra Jadeja bulldozed the Australians with an outstanding spell of bowling where he ended with 7-42 in his 12.1 over spell which gave India a target of 115 runs to win the match.
Let us take a look at the reactions on Twitter-
https://twitter.com/yzarc_yeh/status/1627190854174801921?s=20
May be you may get one more test to perform or else it may be Gill who will take over. Not sure bad luck or form or focus. But something is stopping.
— Hariprasad Bhat Saradka (@shprasad) February 19, 2023
KL rahul ko honeymoon ticket gift kr de
— chittaranjan Pradhan (@chittar81232584) February 19, 2023
Kl Rahul ki class lo
— BIKRAM HORE (@horebikram55) February 19, 2023
https://twitter.com/KKRSince2011/status/1627184916407668736?s=20
When you have Kl rahul in your team , the team is already 1 Down #INDvAUS #KLRahul pic.twitter.com/a6Jlh1Dpjl
— Cricpedia. (@_Cricpedia) February 19, 2023
Thankyou for entertaining us…@klrahul #KLRahul pic.twitter.com/LPFAlkcn2j
— Asik Ikbal (@itsasik) February 19, 2023
https://twitter.com/RoFan4Life/status/1627185066433736709?s=20
KL Rahul takes a single pic.twitter.com/NvUvwae3pb
— Div🦁 (@div_yumm) February 9, 2023
Timing or no timing…is he wrong?? How many more chances do we give KL Rahul when more deserving players are waiting in the ranks..it's unbearable to watch KL bat now..God he makes batting look so so tough..sheer bias if he still plays 3rd Test #BGT2023
— Shraddha Kayan (@KayanShraddha) February 19, 2023
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