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KL Rahul (Source: Twitter)
Star Indian batter KL Rahul has finally returned to the Indian team after recovering from an injury. The opener was out of action since the Indian T20 League and made a return to the side in the recently concluded ODI series against Zimbabwe. However, Rahul’s return to international cricket hasn’t been memorable so far as the batter has looked completely out of touch with the bat.
The 30-year-old returned back to the pavilion without troubling the scorers in the mega-clash against Pakistan. Rahul chopped the very second ball of the innings by Naseem Shah back onto his stumps. The star batter hoped for a change of fortunes in the second match against Hong Kong but once again didn’t look at his best.
The star batter was looking fidgety at the crease as he failed to get going even against a below-par bowling lineup of Hong Kong. Rahul’s slow knock increased the pressure on his opening partner Rohit Sharma who faltered while trying to go for a big shot. Despite hitting two sixes in his innings, Rahul could only manage to score 36 off 39 balls. Rahul’s forgettable stay in the middle was ended as he tried to sweep a delivery from well outside off stump and edged it to the wicketkeeper.
In the series against Zimbabwe, Rahul didn’t get a chance to bat in the first ODI. In the second ODI, he returned to the pavilion after scoring just 1 run off five balls. While in the third ODI, he tried to take his time and settle at the crease but couldn’t convert his start into a big score. He got dismissed after scoring 30 off 46 balls as he got bowled by Brad Evans.
Rahul’s knock today didn’t go down well with the fans who are bashing him left, right and centre for his poor knock. People are calling him a selfish player who’s only trying to ‘stat-pad’. As soon as Rahul got out, Twitter was abuzz with reactions on his slow knock. Here are some of the best Tweets on Rahul’s innings:
BCCI chose statpadder KL Rahul in place of Prithvi Shaw in the Indian team. pic.twitter.com/yTglIVE7oN
— Himanshu (@Spread__hate) August 31, 2022
Rohit Sharma get out after playing a T20I inning 21(13) with Sr of 161+ and KL Rahul 15(19) with SR of 78 is still batting. Statpading at best 🙌.
— Vishal. (@SportyVishal) August 31, 2022
Still strongly agree that KL Rahul is not a good T20 opener, he create pressure to other batsman and he just play for his individual score.
— shibin (@shibi_meppayour) August 31, 2022
Do you guys agree?#KLRahul#RohitSharma #ViratKohli #AsiaCupT20 #IndvsHkg pic.twitter.com/9T48YC1DgV
People talk about average in T20s should watch KL Rahul's career and you'll get to know how pointless average in T20s is. Only Strike rate and impact matters.
— ANSHUMAN🚩 (@AvengerReturns) August 31, 2022
Great knock by KL Rahul 🔥🔥🙇♂️ pic.twitter.com/HKzQhDfxVC
— Ethereal Rohit⁴⁵ 𓃵 (@EtherealRohit) August 31, 2022
First international wicket of KL Rahul- Rohit Sharma
— Mufadaal Vohra (@musafir_hu_yar) August 31, 2022
Two actual deserving openers sitting at home watching KL Rahul bat
— Bharat Tweets 🇮🇳 (@BhartArmy) August 31, 2022
#IndvsHkg pic.twitter.com/gqs3LbvLtW
KL Rahul is literally not even trying to attempt any shots. This guy is selfish and shouldn't be part of any team sport .
— ` (@FourOverthrows) August 31, 2022
KL RAHUL plays more than half balls of power play and scores only 16 in 20 balls
— Samir Shaikh 🇮🇳 (@Samir68681627) August 31, 2022
If his struggle continue against team like Hong Kong then @BCCI plz drop him against Pakistan on Sunday ..... REQUEST from TEAM INDIA fan 🇮🇳❤️🙏 pic.twitter.com/Q85ymGyH7V
Last 10 T20i Innings Of KL Rahul
— Registanroyals (@registanroyals) August 31, 2022
0(2), 1(4), 0(6), 0(4), 14(17), 3(8), 18(16), 15(14), 65(49), 0(1),36(39)
Strike Rate: 95.89
Meanwhile Sanju samson to BCCI -: pic.twitter.com/3fGkzp3Qge
I have never been more happier after KL Rahul got OUT!!!
— Walter White Sr. (@im_Breaking_Bad) August 31, 2022
I appeal BCCI to give him regular Zimbabwe 🇿🇼, Kenya 🇰🇪 tours and not include him in ICC tournaments.
Even Venkatesh Prasad pissed off! pic.twitter.com/SSWJJteoJm
IPL contract for lifetime for the Hong Kong bowler who picks up the wicket of KL Rahul
— BCCI (@BCCIIII) August 31, 2022
KL Rahul is a very class player who can play all kinds of shots .I love his technique. But his approach towards the game to settle down first and then start hitting runs creates a lot of pressure . This is the reason we score very less runs in powerplay.
— Shivam Shekhar (@CuleShivam09) August 31, 2022