NEW DELHI: Staff 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 paying homage to Sachin Tendulkar’s farewell second throughout his last Check.This has led many to marvel if Rahul was signaling his doable 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 Zero and 12 within the match towards New Zealand. His second-innings failure was notably essential because it got here after a promising partnership between Sarfaraz Khan and Rishabh Pant.
With Shubman Gill more likely 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 could possibly be contemplating retirement from Check cricket.
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In his final 5 innings, Rahul has struggled to make a notable impression, with only one fifty throughout India’s current sequence towards Bangladesh.
Earlier this yr, he scored a half-century towards England and a century in South Africa.
Nonetheless, 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.
