Amid the ongoing Indian Premier League 2023, star India batter KL Rahul is sitting out of the tournament after suffering an injury. Rahul ruled himself out of the tournament and Test Championship finals and underwent surgery last week. However, it’s worth noting that before his injury Rahul was struggling with poor form and facing criticism from fans.
Meanwhile, in a recent interview, Rahul opened up on the issue. Speaking in a podcast with Beer Biceps Rahul said that people should think before speaking as no one wants to perform badly. He also admitted that trolls sometimes affect him mentally too. He said, “That’s something that sometimes affects me and affects a lot of the other boys as well that when we athletes truly need support, people feel they can or have the power to comment or say what they want. Just see what that person is going through.”
The stylish wicketkeeper batter further went on to say that he had no backup because he didn’t know anything other than cricket. He said, “None of us wants to perform badly. This is our life. This is all we do. Like I said, I don’t know anything else apart from cricket. That’s the only thing I do. Why would anyone assume that I am not serious about my game or that I am not working hard enough? And unfortunately in sports, there is no connection. Like I said you can work hard, like I work hard but the result didn’t go my way.”
“He was my captain”, says KL Rahul
In the same interview, Rahul further spoke about his experience of playing under three different skippers i.e. Virat Kohli, MS Dhoni and Rohit Sharma. Rahul said, “I have been captained by such great leaders, starting with MS Dhoni, while he was playing, you know he was the captain, he was my captain, my first captain. I have seen how he handled the team and his calmness, the things that he does behind the scenes like building a relationship with each person are something that I have learned from him. You know, you need to build a relationship where these boys will fight for you and will be with you. That is something I learned from him.”
“Then Virat Kohli was our leader for six seven years and the thing is that the Indian team did under him, the stats are there to be seen and it was phenomenal. the passion, the aggression brought in, he set the standard really high, and his way of leading and captaining was like leading from the front and showing the team how to achieve greatness”, he continued.
“Rohit Sharma, who is like so sharp, as a leader, his strategies, he does a lot of homework before the game, he knows each person’s strengths and what he will do and he’s put under pressure, where you need to attack him or where are the flaws in his technique and like he is really really good at strategies and understanding the game. All these things are the things I have learned from these people”, says KL Rahul.
Here is how fans react to his comments on trolls:
The more commercial the actors are; the more demanding the fans are (going to be). There's nothing correct or incorrect in legal businesses. ?
— Sasi Chandru (@SasiChandru13) May 17, 2023
Performance is secondary, intent is primary!!
This has cost India in Wt20s + repetitive selection after non-performance also adds to the frustration.Ps:- not in favour of abusive n disrespectful trolling
— GM Vivek?? (@Vivekgm) May 17, 2023
Agree with him but if you r playing for india you need to develop a very thick skin when dealing with fans…
— niraj 5050 (@niraj42) May 17, 2023
Agree with him but if you r playing for india you need to develop a very thick skin when dealing with fans…
— niraj 5050 (@niraj42) May 17, 2023
So perform in Big matches otherwise we comment only like that
— Ongole Gittha ? (@OngoleVaadu) May 17, 2023
So perform in Big matches otherwise we comment only like that
— Ongole Gittha ? (@OngoleVaadu) May 17, 2023
Every cricket fan praise some player is also a troll to its competitor.
— Danshul Dhanker (@danshuldhanker) May 17, 2023
Juth bolra hain yeh isko cricket bhi nahi ata hain
— Ayan Bhardwaj (@teamayan77) May 17, 2023
He act so soft always in to his feelings
— Tigerstyle (@Tigerstyle__) May 17, 2023
KL Rahul is very good player ?
He should used be used in specific series so that he can perform well…— Vatsa P (@pvatsa099) May 17, 2023
— KhabriBhai (@RealKhabriBhai) May 17, 2023
