Indian opening batsman KL Rahul, who is currently struggling with the bat, has got another great opportunity when he was selected in the playing XI of the ongoing Sydney Test. But again he disappoints us and has been trolled in the social media.
The 26-year-old Rahul was dropped from the playing XI during the previous Test at Melbourne for his poor batting form. While the opener Mayank Agarwal made his international debut in that Melbourne Test, Hanuma Vihari was tested as an opening batsman in that Test match.
While Mayank impressed hugely, Vihari also spent a good time in the crease in both the innings of that Melbourne Test match. However, Vihari fell cheaply in both the innings as he scored 8 (66 balls) and 13 (45 balls) respectively.
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The Indian team management now tried the Karnataka batting combination for the Sydney Test as both the Karnataka batsmen Mayank and Rahul have been selected as the opening pair of the match.
However, again Rahul has disheartened the entire nation. After the Indian skipper won the toss and decided to bat first, Rahul was dismissed in the second over of the match. After scoring just 9 runs off 6 balls with two boundaries, Rahul was caught at the first slip (Shaun Marsh) as the Australian pacer Josh Hazlewood brought an early breakthrough for his team.
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Rahul is running in long poor form with the bat. Before the Sydney Test, the Indian batsman played the first two Tests of the series where he scored 2, 44, 2, and 0 respectively. Since last October, Rahul hasn’t played a 50+ knock in international cricket while he has played only 40+ knock (44 at Adelaide Test) in international cricket.
However, Mayank and Cheteshwar Pujara have guided the visitors to the commanding position at the end of the first day of the Sydney Test. While India is batting on 303/4 at the stumps on day 1, Pujara remained unbeaten on 130 off 250 balls (16 fours) while Mayank scored 77 off 112 balls (7 fours and 2 sixes) before his dismissal.
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Here are some Twitter reactions on KL Rahul’s poor batting performance:
https://twitter.com/tazaa_samachar/status/1080611082362896384
https://twitter.com/iamwasimsheikh/status/1080610926334742533
https://twitter.com/Sandeepktg/status/1080628497566048256
Reporter -How KL Rahul spending his days in Australia tour..
Cricket Fans-👇#INDvAUS pic.twitter.com/Z9E5VDbfel— नादान परिंदे 🇮🇳 (@Gauri_doonite) January 3, 2019
https://twitter.com/The_Priyanka__/status/1080663825693663232
Thank you KL RAHUL 🙏🙏 #AUSvIND pic.twitter.com/Z0N6lTbDGq
— sameer sam 🇮🇳🚩 (@8Dat55CkS9J6hPE) January 3, 2019
*wakes up with 5: 45 am on the clock, worried about so many things – toss, 4 or 5 bowlers, kuldeep or umesh…. But the first thing sees on cricbuzz scorecard is single digit score against Kl rahul name*#AUSvIND #INDvAUS pic.twitter.com/svyX1XQbKK
— N (@_PushTheLines) January 3, 2019
Can’t hear
Can’t speak
Can’t see
Can’t bat#AusvInd pic.twitter.com/l3sj3fqhWP— Nav (@ImNsamy) January 3, 2019
https://twitter.com/mudgal_puneet/status/1080647633289469952
Old Habits vs New year resolutions. #AUSvIND pic.twitter.com/DG3F70JJY2
— Rofl Gandhi 2.0 🏹 (@RoflGandhi_) January 3, 2019
Meanwhile in bcci playing xi meeting :#INDvsAUS #KLRahul pic.twitter.com/EL8J9lJob9
— Stfu_1@ (@Stfu110) January 2, 2019
The Accidental Test Player#KLRahul#AUSvIND#ProofUsWrongRahul #RequiredAOpener pic.twitter.com/qVGhTPpCaT
— Nykunj Mistry (@MistryNyk) January 2, 2019
Maggi not done yet and he's out: KL Rahul gets trolled online, yet again#KLRahul pic.twitter.com/UOh8dHJFj4
— Vishal Gadara (@VishalGadaraCC) January 3, 2019
Apna @klrahul11 after spending more than 2 minutes at the crease… #AUSvIND #LetsInterviewRahul #KLRahul pic.twitter.com/8L7vifc8Tn
— Billa Sharabi (@chinu_bhai) January 2, 2019
When Life Gives You "Rahul" Make It "Dravid" Not "KL" Or "Gandhi" 💪🙏🇮🇳 #KLRahul #AUSvIND #INDvAUS
— Ravindra Jadeja Fan (@SirJadeja_Real) January 3, 2019
https://twitter.com/edwinthegreat22/status/1080737320708571136
Dear @klrahul11 #AUSvIND #LetsInterviewRahul #KLRahul pic.twitter.com/w8HuUEsF5s
— Billa Sharabi (@chinu_bhai) January 2, 2019
https://twitter.com/Arre_Ben/status/1080726818020192256
https://twitter.com/Arre_Ben/status/1080736201894547456
Two consistent players of this series:
1) Cheteshwar Pujara
2) KL Rahul#AUSvIND #Pujara #klrahul pic.twitter.com/fTijpiTb54— حسین (@mdhussain216) January 3, 2019
K L Rahul be like#AUSvIND #KLRahul pic.twitter.com/OOJ1w0RLpB
— Rahul (@BeingTrickyy) January 3, 2019
https://twitter.com/UnIndian_/status/1080654805683630080
