NEW DELHI: Crew India batter KL Rahul has ignited hypothesis about his future in Check cricket following a gesture he made after India’s eight-wicket defeat to New Zealand within the first Check at Bengaluru’s Chinnaswamy Stadium. With this loss, India now path the three-match sequence 0-1.
In a video circulating on social media, Rahul was seen touching the pitch after the defeat, a gesture harking back to Sachin Tendulkar’s farewell second throughout his remaining Check.This has led many to surprise if Rahul was signaling his potential exit from the Check aspect or considering retirement from the format.
Rahul’s current kind has been underneath the microscope, particularly after his disappointing scores of 0 and 12 within the match in opposition to New Zealand. His second-innings failure was significantly essential because it got here after a promising partnership between Sarfaraz Khan and Rishabh Pant.
With Shubman Gill prone to return for the upcoming Check in Pune and Sarfaraz Khan’s spectacular 150-run efficiency in Bengaluru, hypothesis is mounting that Rahul could also be dropped for the important match.
The viral clip of Rahul touching the pitch has additional fueled these rumors, with some followers even suggesting the right-hander may very well be contemplating retirement from Check cricket.
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In his final 5 innings, Rahul has struggled to make a notable influence, with only one fifty throughout India’s current sequence in opposition to Bangladesh.
Earlier this yr, he scored a half-century in opposition to England and a century in South Africa.
Nevertheless, his inconsistency has raised questions on his place within the Check squad, and the gesture in Bengaluru has solely intensified the hypothesis surrounding his future within the format.
