The senior Indian batter KL Rahul has been out of action from international cricket due to an injury for a long time. He made his last appearance in the LSG vs RCB clash earlier this year. Since then, he is struggling with an injury and has gone through recovery at the National Cricket Academy of Bengaluru.
But in a delightful piece of news for the Indian Cricket Team and the fans, KL Rahul has started his batting practice. It is considered to be a piece of good news for the Indian Team ahead of the Asia Cup 2023.
Apart from this, a section of the Indian Cricket Fans took it as an opportunity to toll KL Rahul. Some of the fans also mocked him for not wearing pads during the net practice. They took to Twitter and came up with a lot of contrasting reactions for the star Karnataka batter.
Here’s how fans reacted:
Pad pahan le bhai.. ek ball bhi lag gayi toh fir IPL tak chhutti par rahega
— Pratham (@JainnSaab) July 17, 2023
pad pehnwa do bhai nhi to fir injured hojaega…. ab zada injury achi nhi hai shaadi ho chuki hai
— Tushar Goswami (@Tushargoswami_) July 17, 2023
net practise mein bhi pehle 6 ball dots
— Sagar (@sagarcasm) July 17, 2023
Kiski jagah khayega yeh ab team india mein
— Desi Bhayo (@desi_bhayo88) July 17, 2023
He will injure again in practice sessions
— Afzal Abu (@DilipKu74651569) July 17, 2023
It's boring to watch even in practice.
— Sahil (@JaySapp12) July 17, 2023
No proper protections like Leg pad, thigh pad, helmet , arm guard, etc.
— Sugu (@tweetsbysugu) July 17, 2023
Next day Flash News: KL Rahul injured during Training session. He will get treatment and be available for IPL 2024 ...
Sleep me catch wala or bowled wala shots kaha par hai
— Pravin (@MRPravin18) July 17, 2023
The only contribution for Indian cricket he can do, is to take retirement from cricket.
— Brij Mohan (@brij049) July 18, 2023
Bro ! Practicing defence to make first over maiden 😭
— Farooq (@farooqirakal) July 17, 2023
Talking about Team India, they are currently in action during the two-match Test series against West Indies. Currently, Rohit Sharma’s men are leading the series by a margin of 1-0 after a convincing win in the first Test at Windsor Park in Dominica. Team India defeated the hosts by a massive margin of an innings 141 runs.
Young debutant Yashasvi Jaiswal won the "Player of the Match" in his first-ever Test appearance for India. He played an outstanding knock of 171 runs to play crucial in India’s total of 421 runs for the loss of 5 wickets in the first innings.
Coming back to KL Rahul, the Indian team management is looking ahead to get him in the squad for the upcoming Asia Cup 2023 which is to be hosted jointly by Pakistan and Sri Lanka. The continental tournament will commence on the 31st of August 2023 next month. Notably, KL Rahul was playing for his IPL franchise Lucknow Super Giants in IPL 2023 before he got injured in a league match resulted in his exclusion from the rest of the tournament.