Former India pacer Venkatesh Prasad on Sunday clarified through social media that his criticism of KL Rahul shouldn’t be directed on the India opener personally.
Prasad wrote on Twitter, ‘Some individuals are considering that I’ve some private enmity with KL Rahul. In truth it’s the reverse. I want him the most effective and taking part in him in any such type is rarely going to spice up his confidence. For him to regain his place in Test cricket now that the home season is over.
Prasad additional advised that to assist Rahul extricate himself from the pile of poor scores within the longest format, he might need to go for taking part in extra home cricket outdoors India.
Some individuals are considering that I’ve some private enmity with KL Rahul. In truth it’s the reverse. I want him the most effective and taking part in him in any such type is rarely going to spice up his confidence. The quest for him to regain his place in Test cricket, now that the home season is over, continues.
— Venkatesh Prasad (@venkateshprasad) February 19, 2023
Rahul must play county cricket in England, rating runs and earn his place again, similar to Pujara did when he was dropped. The greatest reply can be to play Test cricket for the nation and do the whole lot potential to get again in type. But will it’s potential to skip IPL? He added.
On the third day of the India-Australia Delhi Test, Rahul was dismissed for only one run within the second over of India’s chase of 115. This, so as to add to the rating of 17 within the first innings.
After his dismissal, Prasad too criticized Rahul and questioned his place within the beginning lineup.
“And the quick race continues. Prasad had tweeted, having extra to do with the stiffness of the administration to stay with a participant who hasn’t but seen the half. “No different top-order batsman has performed so many Tests with such a low common in at the least the final 20 years of Indian cricket. His inclusion is intentionally denying gifted, in type guys a chance to be within the 11. Shikhar’s Test common was 40+, Mayank’s 41+ with 2 double a whole bunch, Shubman Gill in nice type, Sarfaraz’s endless wait. Several home performances have been constantly ignored.”
“His inclusion shakes religion in justice. SS Das had nice potential, so did S Ramesh, each averaging 38+, however neither progressed past 23 Test matches. The frequent inclusion of Rahul provides an impression of dearth of batting expertise in India which isn’t true. In the final 5 years, his common in 47 innings has been under 27.
In his final 10 innings throughout codecs, KL Rahul has scored solely 125 runs at a mean of lower than 35.
With inputs from TheIndianEXPRESS
