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The Indian opener and veteran batter, KL Rahul has failed yet another time to deliver up to the expectations in the first Test of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy against Australia. The 30-year-old fell prey to the debutant Todd Murphy on the delivery bowled by the latter just in the penultimate over before the day’s play ended.
The senior Karnataka batter could score only 20 runs off 71 balls with only one boundary. Notably, KL was on a hiatus from international cricket due to his marriage. Prior to that, he was struggling with his poor run of form with the bat including the two bilateral clashes against Bangladesh and Sri Lanka following a horrific run in the 20-20 World Cup 2022.
The yet another poor performance by KL Rahul didn’t really go down well with the Indian cricket fans and they immediately took to Twitter to lash out at him for not living up to the expectations when it was all-important.
Here’s how fans trolled KL Rahul for his poor display against Australia in Nagpur Test:
Aur ye hamara test vice captain hai !#KLRahul
— OM Goyani (@thisisomsg) February 9, 2023
Ek daur tha Rahane vice cpt hua karta tha..#INDvsAUS #INDvAUS
Kl Rahul is the least deserving player in this line up
— Somesh Sangwan (@SOMESHC07482441) February 9, 2023
Shubman gill > Rahul#BGT2023#INDvsAUS #KLRahul #RohitSharma #Kohli
There's a difference between defensive and ultra defensive
— Wickets11 (@Wickets112) February 9, 2023
You play ultra defensive to draw a test#KLRahul doesn't deserve a place in the squad
High time to get rid of #KLRahul#BGT2023#INDvAUS#BorderGavaskarTrophy
— Prateek Kumar (@prateekmidha) February 9, 2023
#RohitSharma𓃵 and #Rahuldravid to #KLRahul after he had a #HugDay at #nagpurtest first day #INDvsAUS #BGT2023 pic.twitter.com/saJsXF6lHa
— 𝙰𝚖𝚒𝚝 /अमित (@Amit_raja12) February 9, 2023
One of Most Shameless Cricketer Name is KL Rahul
— Vaibhav D (@Vaibhav04563161) February 9, 2023
He definitely have some Team Management MMS Video that why he still in Team India...#sunilshetty #KLRahul #RavindraJadeja #RohitSharma𓃵
#AUSvsIND pic.twitter.com/lNQMWmz27O
KL Rahul before marriage form🤐
— Vikas Bishnoi (@cricsarcasm) February 9, 2023
KL Rahul after marriage form 😴#INDvsAUS #KLRahul #BGT2023 pic.twitter.com/OHlaSwUhFD
#klrahul#INDvsAUS #BorderGavaskarTrophy pic.twitter.com/pyibtKuRxS
— K U N A L ⚓ (@kuna1___) February 9, 2023
@klrahul out on 20(71)@ShubmanGill to @BCCI #BorderGavaskarTrophy #ViratKohli𓃵 #Gill #KLRahul #jadeja #BGT2023 #siraj #SaraAliKhan pic.twitter.com/mPbgMizQXj
— Rohit Shetty (@shetty_writter) February 9, 2023
All twitter ppl wants to remove KL Rahul from team retweet nd like below tweet#KLRahul#RohitSharma𓃵 #INDvAUS https://t.co/2Op1IrZY6c
— keyur india (@BB16fanclub) February 9, 2023
Kl Rahul in every big game #INDvAUS #KLRahul pic.twitter.com/n059c3hvlD
— Anil Singh Sayal (@AnilSinghSayal3) February 9, 2023
Speaking of the game of the first day of the Nagpur Test between India and Australia, the latter could post a total of only 177 runs having World number one Test batter Marnus Labuschagne as the highest-run scorer with a knock of 49 runs in the first innings. Apart from Labuschagne, the former skipper and batting superstar Steve Smith also contributed with the knock of 37 runs.
Talking about the hosts’ perspective, the star all-rounder Ravindra Jadeja impressed everyone with his stunning five wicket-haul accompanied by Ravichandran Ashwin. The latter also scalped three wickets by conceding only 18 runs in nine overs.
By the end of the day’s play, India had scored a total of 77 runs for the loss of one wicket having skipper Rohit Sharma in the middle alongside night watchman Ravichandran Ashwin. Skipper Sharma went unbeaten up the stairs on the score of 56 runs with Ashwin, who is yet to get off the mark. Currently, the hosts are trailing by 100 runs behind Australia’s total of 177 runs.