KL Rahul’s string of poor scores in Tests continued as the recently married India batter got out cheaply in the second Test of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy (BGT) series in Delhi. Rahul scored just one run in two deliveries, only to get out in the third after edging Nathan Lyon’s delivery for a sharp catch by wicketkeeper Alex Carry. Notably, Rahul fell leg before to the same bowler in the first innings for another cheap score of 17 off 41 deliveries.
His performance in the first Test was similar. He scored 20 runs off 71 balls with just one boundary in his knock before being caught and bowled by the debutant Todd Murphy. As such, this has been a continued issue for the Bengaluru boy in the game’s longest format. The last time he scored a fifty in Tests was back in January 2022 against South Africa at the Centurion. The Test series against the Proteas was the last notable performance for Rahul. Since then, he has played Tests against Bangladesh and Australia with the highest score of 23 in seven innings. In the limited-overs game, however, Rahul has been better in the recent series against Sri Lanka, where he scored handy knocks of 64* and 39.
India are 14-1 at Lunch on Day 3 of the 2nd Test of BGT ’23
Speaking of the game, Australia were bowled out for 263 in the match’s first innings, with Mohammed Shami taking four wickets. At the same time, India’s spin twins Ravindra Jadeja and Ravichandran Ashwin returned with three scalps each. In reply, India could manage 262 conceding a single run’s first innings lead. Ravichandran Ashwin and Axar Patel’s 114-run partnership for the eighth wicket rescued the Indian innings as the hosts struggled at 139-7 at a point in the game.
India then bowled Australia out of 113, with Ravindra Jadeja ravishing the Australians with seven scalps while his spin twin Ravichandran Ashwin picked up the other three. In reply, India sit at 14-1 at Lunch on Day 3.
Here’s how fans reacted to yet another miserable show by KL Rahul:
Lord KL Rahul ko nahi hatayenge yeh ?.
— Navkaar.jain (@navkaarrjain20) February 19, 2023
Ye Bkl Rahul @klrahul Pitch pe aate Hagg de Raha hai usko team se bahar karaiye
— Ankit Kumar Giri (@AnkitKu76434754) February 19, 2023
@klrahul bhai tuun retire ho ja na , please? Humble request. Pls retire ho ja. Do u sleep with @ImRo45 or wht? Why is he favouring u alws. @MdShami11 is a better batsman than u.
— RAJESH THAKUR (@CARAJESHKOL) February 19, 2023
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KL RAHUL ?? #AUSvsIND— Sumit (@Rock11563546) February 19, 2023
Sunil Shetty when KL Rahul returns home after Australia series!#INDvAUS pic.twitter.com/gBoopxEP6S
— Vishal Verma (@VishalVerma_9) February 19, 2023
KL Rahul in every Big Match ?#INDvsAUS #IndiaVsAustralia pic.twitter.com/uc1wsZDb05
— ?? Rupen Chowdhury ? (@rupen_chowdhury) February 9, 2023
New Damaadji; Robert Vadra of Indian Cricket
— Smart_GM (@smartgm2018) February 19, 2023
??? ??? ?? ?? ????? ?? ??? ?? ??? ??? ?? ??? ???? ??? ???? ??? ??? #KLRahul
— Abhishek Pandit (@AbhiPandit8351) February 19, 2023
