The Indian opener, KL Rahul has been fulling all the jobs he has assigned by the team management in the last couple of months. He has been in exceptional form with the bat despite batting at various positions in the last 9-10 months. Moreover, he took over the role of a wicket-keeper in the second ODI against Australia last month after Rishabh Pant suffered a concussion while batting.
Since then, the Pant has warmed the bench in all the international matches with Rahul being preferred over him as the specialist wicket-keeper batsman. Rather, the Indian skipper, Virat Kohli cleared that the Karnataka batsman donning the gloves gives the team a better balance and a room to include an extra batsman.
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KL Rahul, the man who was fighting for the opening position with Shikhar Dhawan in limited-overs, has now cemented his place in the team with his consistent performances and wicket-keeping abilities. In addition to all these roles, he also captained the Indian team in the fifth T20I against New Zealand after Rohit Sharma injured himself. This also led to some memes coming out on social media terming Rahul as a one-man army.
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No wonder Rishabh Pant will be feeling hard done after being sidelined and things went from bad to worse when Rahul posted a throwback picture of babysitting the sports presenter Jatin Sapru’s daughter which has led to Twitterati trolling the Delhi cricketer. “In best company #tb @jatinsapru,” Rahul wrote in his tweet. Interestingly, Jatin Sapru himself quoted the tweet stating the 27-year-old is excelling in yet another role.
in best company #tb ❤️ @jatinsapru pic.twitter.com/jTjnc2wlPz
— K L Rahul (@klrahul) February 19, 2020
Another role ✅ 🙂 https://t.co/MKtArMexfv
— Jatin Sapru (@jatinsapru) February 19, 2020
And this led to Pant has been immensely criticized in a funny way. On India’s previous Australia tour, Tim Paine had offered the youngster a babysitting role during a banter on the field. Later, Pant’s picture with Paine kids went viral and ‘babysitter’ saga stayed in the news for quite a long time. However, after Rahul’s latest tweet, Twitter reckons that Pant has been robbed of the babysitting role as well.
Here are some of the hilarious replies:
Pant (in mind): Only remaining is test wicket-keeper spot.
— Johns. (@CricCrazyJohns) February 19, 2020
https://twitter.com/StanMSDhoni/status/1230061979106070528
Yeh kaam toh rishab pant k liye chhod do bhai.
— Marwadi (@AmeerHuBc) February 19, 2020
Pant: pic.twitter.com/zw4HPznThI
— Sameer Allana (@HitmanCricket) February 19, 2020
Rishabh Pant After Seeing KL as Babysitter. pic.twitter.com/Qn3vExT6pE
— Sujoy (@SujoyBarg07) February 19, 2020
Pant had one job left. Babysitting. That's too has gone in Rahul's hand. Feeling sad for pant.#RIPCareer
— Fish over CHIPS 🌈 (@Blank0Balnk) February 19, 2020
Ye launda Rishabh Pant se government job ka form fill up karwa ke manega! 😭😂😂😭
— Naseem Akram (@naseemakram100) February 19, 2020
