Fans on Twitter were furious with Indian batter KL Rahul for his knock in the first T20 against South Africa in Thiruvananthapuram. They lashed out at the Indian batter for his poor approach and raised calls to even drop him from the team.
India defeats South Africa by 8 wickets to take a 1-0 lead in the series
In what was a difficult pitch to bat on, the Indian Cricket Team put on a staggering effort with both bat and ball to win the game by 8 wickets and take a 1-0 lead in the series.
Opting to bowl, Indian pacers Arshdeep Singh (3/32) and Deepak Chahar (2/24) made a mockery of South African batters and reduced them to 9/5. A decent knock by Aiden Markram (25), Wayne Parnell (26) and Keshav Maharaj (41) then helped South Africa post a total of 106 runs on the board.
Chasing the target, India lost skipper Rohit Sharma for a duck and Virat Kohli for 3 runs. But after that unbeaten 93-run partnership between KL Rahul (51*) and Suryakumar Yadav (50*) sealed the game for India in the 17th over.
While Suryakumar Yadav continued his carnage on the bowlers and smashed a fiery fifty, Rahul looked clueless and his knock wasn’t pleasing as he struggled most of the time and punished only bad balls.
He batted with a strike rate of 91 and at one stage he had 14 runs in 31 balls. Although he ended up getting a fifty it’s fair to say that his innings was full of struggle.
Fans lash out at KL Rahul for his slow knock in the first T20I against South Africa
Rahul’s knock wasn’t liked by many as they slammed him for his poor approach. Calling him a selfish player, they even raised calls to drop him from the team. Here are some of the reactions.
Yeah absolutely got your point, but he can’t play in the same manner if you have the same situation in some knockout game. Yes, pitch was difficult to some extent but 14 of 31 in a T20I game isn’t justified.
Advertisement— Ankit Jit Singh (@JitAnkit) September 29, 2022
And the fact that SKY scored runs at faster pace was because of his intent he came out with a positive approach, which was clearly lacking in Rahul. You can’t just hold on saying that pitch was difficul. He needs to up his ante, something similar or difficult might happen in WC.
— Ankit Jit Singh (@JitAnkit) September 29, 2022
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KL Rahul Batting Have Class Of Kohli , Timing Of Rohit And Range Of Gayle But Ends Up Scoring Runs Like Bavuma At Rizwan Strike Rate 😭😭😭😭😭😭
Advertisement— Saksham Garg (@sakshamgarg45) September 28, 2022
KL Rahul before coming in to bat tonight pic.twitter.com/07sPqZWN2M
— ° (@anubhav__tweets) September 28, 2022
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For the first time Every Indian knew that KL Rahul is going to hit a six rather than taking a single 🤣🤣🤣
Advertisement— ANSHUMAN🚩 (@AvengerReturns) September 28, 2022
Beautiful, splendid, Atrocious and Breathtaking Test Batting from KL Rahul what a amazing, articulate and Cheeky Test T20 player KL Rahul 🙌👏🏻
— the hawck (@GujarSiddhant) September 28, 2022
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KL Rahul is not just a concern. A very big concern. Been saying for a while. Yes the pitch isn’t easy. But 14 of 31. What’s the approach? #INDvSA
Advertisement— Boria Majumdar (@BoriaMajumdar) September 28, 2022
Just saying 😉
21-37 , KL Rahul
21-13. , SKYAdvertisement#INDvsSA #SuryakumarYadav pic.twitter.com/0Jis9uCbUt
— SB (@ItsSBOnly) September 28, 2022
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KL Rahul, the brand ambassador of the world of StatPadding.
Tonight's score –
First 10 runs = 25 balls
Next 41 runs = 31 ballsAdvertisementThese type of players is going to cost us this world cup. Mark it !!
— Vishal. (@SportyVishal) September 28, 2022
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Slowest men's T20I fifty by Indians:
Advertisement56 balls – KL Rahul v SA, today
54 balls – Gautam Gambhir v AUS, 2012#INDvSA— Kausthub Gudipati (@kaustats) September 28, 2022
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Slowest to score T20I fifty by balls (Full Members):
Advertisement56 – KL Rahul
54 – Gautam Gambhir
53 – Shoaib Khan Junior
50 – Angelo Mathews
50 – Martin Guptill
50 – Dwayne Bravo#CricketTwitter— CricTracker (@Cricketracker) September 29, 2022
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KL Rahul batting slower than the time it takes to type Thiruvananthapuram
Advertisement— Udit (@udit_buch) September 28, 2022
Nothing motivates KL Rahul like his batting partner reaching a milestone before him.
— Silly Point (@FarziCricketer) September 28, 2022
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"KL Rahul is best batter to watch on his day" that day is 29 February arrives once in 4 years
Advertisement— Pushkar (@musafir_hu_yar) September 25, 2022
Harsha Bhogle : The curious case of KL Rahul, cant bat in UAE, cant bat in Zimbabwe, cant bat in India now.
Savage 🤣🤣#INDvsSA
Advertisement— Roshan Rai 🇮🇳 (@RoshanKrRaii) September 28, 2022
If you want to see a great definition of a proper "statepadding" then just watch KL Rahul's full innings of tonight's !!
— Vishal. (@SportyVishal) September 28, 2022
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Lowest strike rate fifty for India in T20I s :
Advertisement🔹Kl Rahul – 51* runs with 91.07 strike rate (today)
🔹Gautam gambhir – 53* runs with 93.33 strike rate (2012)
🔹Gautam gambhir – 50 runs with 108.69 strike rate (2009)— Raja Sekhar Yadav (@cricketwithraju) September 28, 2022
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