‘Pehle he over mein chal basta hai’ – Fans ruthlessly troll Indian Team management for including KL Rahul in first ODI against Sri Lanka despite poor form
KL Rahul (Image Credit: Twitter)
In the ongoing first ODI between India and Sri Lanka, KL Rahul has been included in the playing despite his poor form. In the last few months, he has been struggling for runs across formats. Not to forget when he leads the team as a stand-in, he failed to perform. Meanwhile, once again, the right-hander has been included in the team.
The fans aren’t happy with Rahul’s inclusion. They feel that with Ishan Kishan on the side, he could have played in place of Rahul. Also, the latter will be keeping the wickets in the ongoing game. Since 2020, the Bangalore player has been keeping the wickets for India in white-ball formats on a few occasions. Meanwhile, the fans aren’t happy with KL’s inclusion.
This is how Twitter reacted
Life of KL Rahul : #INDvSL #IshanKishan pic.twitter.com/JYi66eF8Tf
— Yogi Says (@imyogi_26) January 9, 2023
https://twitter.com/dheerajsharmads/status/1612649835072753664?s=20
https://twitter.com/CKSahay_/status/1612493093508624386?s=20
Is it true that India plan to leave out Ishan Kishan and SKY for today’s ODI to somehow accommodate KL Rahul ? I am stunned. Please tell me that’s not true. #INDvSL
— Kuldip Lal (@diplal) January 10, 2023
@JayShah @BCCI How come you , BCCI, local management, selectors have uncanny ways of destroying inform batsmen like Ishan, SKY by keeping them in reserve bench & allowing out of form KL Rahul, Virat, Rohit to play continuously to regain form & there after no chance for Ishan&SKY.
— Shankar 567 (@567Shankar) January 10, 2023
https://twitter.com/khuman__dev/status/1612726298979471361?s=20
But by dropping Ishan Kishan after scoring a double hundred and picking an out of form KL Rahul .. u are letting your fans down n India down .. Pick men in form n not on past reputation or on recommendations #RohitSharma #KLRahul #IshanKishan @BCCI @ImRo45 https://t.co/eMkU9Je2Pn
— Prof Dr.Ashish Gupta (@ashishbadshah) January 10, 2023
KL Rahul ke paas pakka kisi BCCI wale ka MMS hai
— General_Dong (@GeneralDong4) January 10, 2023
Why cant we play will play both #IshanKishan nd gill
Nd dropp part time wicketkeeper KL Rahul..Caz Ishan Kishan is full time wicketkeeper
— Vaibhav (@vabby_16) January 10, 2023
https://twitter.com/suusjexo1986/status/1612726048696721408?s=20
India XI
Rohit Sharma (c), Shubman Gill, Virat Kohli, KL Rahul (wk), Shreyas Iyer, Hardik Pandya, Axar Patel, Yuzvendra Chahal, Mohammed Siraj, Mohammed Shami, Umran Malik
India has had a great start with the bat so far
Meanwhile, in the ongoing game, the Lankan Lions skipper Dasun Shanaka won the toss and elected to bowl first. He cited dew during the second innings of the game. On the other hand, India skipper Rohit Sharma said “Yesterday when we were training, the ground was full of dew.” Meanwhile, at the time of writing, India openers, Sharma and Shubman Gill have provided a great start at the time of writing.
After six overs, the Men In Blue have amassed 42 runs for no loss. Gill is batting on 25 while Rohit has scored 17. Notably, the latter is coming after an injury layoff. In December last year, he sustained a thumb injury during the second ODI against Bangladesh. In that game, the right-hander came out to bat at number nine and scored a quick fifty. However, he failed to save his side from the five-run loss. Now, he is opening the batting and would look to go big.
