KL Rahul continues to disappoint fans with another failure

The Indian team won the 3rd T20I vs Australia at the SCG to level the three-match T20I series. While most batsmen came to the party in either of the matches, KL Rahul failed miserably to convert the start. He has had the Indian team management’s vote of trust for a while now with little returns. It hasn’t translated into performance and that has irked the fans.

Though he hasn’t regularly found a place in the Indian ODI team, Rahul has played most T20Is for the national team. In the last two series, three against Windies at home and the most recent three against Australia he hasn’t got past 30 runs even once. He has scores of 16, 26*, 17, 13 and 14 in the last five outings.

Today it was one of his best chances to make it count. The openers had given Team India a really good start. They had over 60 runs from the chase chopped off even inside the powerplay. When he walked out, it was Virat Kohli at the other end and had already got going and Rahul just had to hold on to capitalize.

In his short stay, the batter was trying really hard to dominate the spinners Adam Zampa and Glenn Maxwell. Even jumped down the ground unsuccessfully on a couple of occasions. Having already hit a six, Rahul batting on 14 off 20 balls attempted to play another big shot against Nathan Coulter-Nile and this time was caught at long-off.

Here is how angry Indian fans reacted to KL Rahul’s string of failures:

I don't know why Team India giving more chances to kl Rahul and pant
Dropping Suresh Raina is not good,he is better player than kl Rahul

— Vinay Rockzzz (@iam_vinaymora) November 25, 2018

I wish I had a future as secured as KL Rahul's spot in Indian team #AUSvIND #INDvAUS #cricket

— Kishanth thachu (@iamthachu) November 25, 2018

Some stupid once said you need to be talented to get a place in Indian cricket team ?
Its wrong, Being a good friend of captain is enough.

~ KL Rahul

— Poll_kholta (@poll_kholta) November 25, 2018

Very very disappointed with the way @klrahul11 Batted in T20 series. He must look at virat how he built his innings bcoz I still believe kl Rahul has all required criteria to succeed at international https://t.co/Lkoplihf9l wishes for test series buddy.💪💪

— Kraj (@Kraj0007) November 25, 2018

It’s still a mystery for me how Rishabh Pant and KL Rahul play ahead of Dinesh Karthik in ODIs. Maybe he fails on tattoo criteria.

— Deepak Vaishya (@deepakvaishya26) November 25, 2018

KL Rahul and Risabh Pant are over rated player with poor techniques

Both of them good for domestic cricket n IPL

— rajesh kumar (@mi6rajesh) November 25, 2018

KL Rahul of last many matches is a far cry from the KL Rahul of a few flash in the pan matches! Is consistency such a rare commodity for many "promising" cricketers who reap the benefits of early success via @IPL @BCCI

— Rags (@RagsTweets) November 25, 2018

What's KL Rahul doing with all the chances he's been given? I won't discount him to be a bad player but take a break, go back to NCA and hone your skills and find your form in the Ranji Trophy doesn't seem as bad. #INDvsAUS

— Suketh Kumar Chinchela (@schinchela) November 25, 2018

"KL Rahul" wasted another opportunity given to him in platter .

— sakthi (@sakthi1964) November 25, 2018

KL Rahul in all formats for India in 2018:-

10, 4, 0, 16, 18, 24, 70, 101*, 6, 19, 9, 0, 54, 4, 13, 8, 10, 23, 36, 19, 0, 37, 149, 60, 0, 4, 33*, 16, 26*, 17, 13, 14. #MrInconsistent

— Sameer Allana (@HitmanCricket) November 25, 2018

@imVkohli Now its high time to drop KL Rahul enough chances givn to him failing continous on cruicial times. If any day u get Out early our midle order cant evn gift U a single win.Midle ordr needs match winners
Shreyas, raidu must be given chance bfore WC

— Vaibhav Srivastav (@Vaibhav36565625) November 25, 2018

As harsh as it may sound, but please keep Rishabh Pant & KL Rahul out of the side for sometime. Then, they would realise what is the importance of playing in the national squad. They throw their wickets like they are at the end point of their career. #AUSvIND #3rdT20

— Aayush Sharma (@AayuJourno) November 25, 2018

In limited overs Virat @imVkohli must ensure his best batters must bat higher up.

Fail to understand how KL Rahul & Pant get to bat higher than Karthik in T20s.

Also i believe Karthik is a better keeper than Pant.

— Keh ke lunga (@bluntonomics) November 25, 2018

In a country with such abundant batting talent, the team management has been really patient with Lokesh Rahul. It was his form in the previous season of the IPL which created all the buzz. He was soon a part of the Indian XI in all the three formats. The Karnataka batsman has done well but only in parts. His spot as the Test opener has also been hanging by the thread; he managed to save it for the Windies series with a timely century in the last Test in England, where his best was 33* in the last innings of the series.

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