Kings XI Punjab shell out a warning to Australia

The ongoing Test match between Australia and India is hanging in the balance right now with both the teams looking to dominate. Though the visitors are in the front right now with their batsmen showing a great application in the second innings. Murali Vijay and KL Rahul batted really well unlike their first outing and put some pressure on the hosts. The latter especially was in superb touch as he smacked Pat Cummins for a six over sweeper cover and his IPL franchise Kings XI Punjab (KXIP) straightaway shelled out a warning to Australia.

After getting himself in, Rahul started to show his class and played a few classical drives on the up. But what grabbed the eyeballs was his exquisite shot off Cummins’ pitched up delivery which offered a width and allowed him to free his arms. It was such a brilliant shot and was reminiscent of Rohit Sharma‘s in the first innings, incidentally off the same bowler.

Rahul’s IPL team is pumped up

Soon after the shot, the official Twitter handle of Kings XI Punjab warned the Australians and suggested them not to mess with their Lion. Pat Cummins had earlier tried to sledge KL Rahul and the shot was a thumping response from the batsman. The hosts also understood then that they shouldn’t say anything to Rahul as he was blossoming with every passing over.

Don't mess with our Sher! 🦁@klrahul11 #TeamIndia #AUSvIND https://t.co/zmiFDFPHDK

— Kings XI Punjab (@lionsdenkxip) December 8, 2018

While it felt at one stage that Rahul had finally got the measure of the pitch. He threw away his wicket after scoring bright 44 runs. The uppish drive off Josh Hazlewood which earlier earned him a boundary came back to haunt him as he tried to play a similar shot and edged the ball to the wicket-keeper Tim Paine. At the moment, Virat Kohli and Cheteshwar Pujara are fighting it out in the middle in the intriguing third session.

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