‘Duniya me bohot saare players hain jo..’- Ex- Pakistan cricketer blasts KL Rahul after his poor performance in the 2nd ODI
Team India was defeated by Bangladesh in the second ODI of the series in Dhaka, resulting in a series loss.
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Dec 8, 2022 12:45 pm
KL Rahul (Source: Twitter)
Team India was defeated by Bangladesh in the second ODI of the series in Dhaka, resulting in a series loss. India were reduced to 65/4 while chasing a 272-run target, but Shreyas Iyer (82) and Axar Patel (56) put on a brilliant 107-run stand to get India back in the game.
Following a series of quick wickets, India captain Rohit Sharma, with a thumb injury, showed great courage to help the side’s cause and almost steered the side to a memorable win. However, India ultimately fell short by five runs as Rohit failed to hit a maximum off the final delivery of the match.
In Rohit’s absence earlier in the innings, Virat Kohli opened alongside Shikhar Dhawan, but neither batter scored. While Kohli was out on 5, Dhawan was the next batter to be dismissed (8). Former Pakistan captain Salman Butt believes that KL Rahul, who stood in for Rohit in the game, should have opened the innings because he was a specialist opener for the Indian team in the shortest format of the game.
“Rohit Sharma ko injury hui, toh obviously Virat Kohli ne open kiya. Aapke paas KL Rahul regular opener hain, vo kyun nahi gaye open karne? Ispe behes ye hogi ki unhone wicketkeeping ki hui thi. Duniya me bohot saare players hain jo wicketkeeping ke saath open karte hain. Adam Gilchrist karte hain, Kumar Sangakkara karte rahe, Quinton de Kock karte hain, kya ye utne fit nahi hain? Ajeeb si baat hai.
(Rohit Sharma got injured and Virat Kohli opened. But you have a regular opener in KL Rahul, why did he not open? Some will argue that Rahul had kept wickets, but there have been a lot of players who have opened for the side after keeping wickets, like Gilchrist, Sangakkara and Quinton de Kock. Is Rahul not as fit as them? It’s very weird),” Butt said on his official YouTube channel.
“There’s something wrong with the thought process or the role definition. Cheezein settled nahi hain. Aisa lagta hai ki practice chal rahi hai,” the former Pakistan captain further added.
