Sunil Gavaskar slams KL Rahul for his dismissal in 1st IND vs ENG ODI | Cricket News

India was in a dominant position in the first game when KL Rahul walked in. At the time Shubman Gill was also closing in on a century however, in his attempts to take singles and give the strike back to Gill, Rahul lost his wicket when he pushed the ball and it went straight into the hands of Adil Rashid. Former Sunil Gavaskar insed that Rahul should have played his “natural game.”
“He needs to play his natural game. He was trying to nudge the ball to give his partner a chance to score a century. But look what happened. This is a team game, and there’s no need to do that. He was more focused on helping his partner reach a milestone than playing his own game. It was a half-hearted shot,” Gavaskar commented.
However, once Rahul fell, Hardik Pandya came in and looked to accelerate the innings and take India over the line as quickly as possible. Gill in attempt to get his ton quickly pulled a ball and was caught at mid-on for 89 and missed his century anyway.
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Rahul over Pant
While there are two school of thoughts whom of Rishabh Pant or KL Rahul should play in the middle order former Indian cricketer Aakash Chopra would opt for Rahul.
“There are two schools of thought. One is that you have all right-handers, Shubman Gill is there with Rohit Sharma, then Virat Kohli, Rahul, and Hardik Pandya. So don’t you want a left-hander there? People who come with that thinking are saying Rishabh Pant should be played,” Chopra said on his YouTube channel.
“What goes in KL Rahul’s favour is what wrong has he done. Just because his name is Rahul, will you keep drumming him? Will you keep getting him to do all the jobs, whether it’s keeping, going down or up the order, and serving the drinks? No, that’s not going to happen,” he added. “He played well in the World Cup. I still remember the Australia match at Chepauk. Then he continuously scored alright. He was criticized a lot for batting a little slow in the final, but we might not have reached where we reached if he had gotten out instead of batting slow,” Chopra explained.