Out of form KL Rahul trolled after posting a stylish photo on Twitter

He could not get to raise his bat even once in the entire month of August this year. In six innings that he has played in three away Tests against England, KL Rahul could not score a single fifty and there are already calls for his ouster to make way for youngster Prithvi Shaw in the next Test at the Rose Bowl. Rahul, however, seems to be in high spirits and posted a stylish picture on Twitter only to get trolled by Twitterati.

The 26-year-old batsman, who has gathered just 94 runs in six innings so far at an ordinary average of 15.66, posted on August 27 a picture of him in a blue hooded jacket worn over his bare body and trousers of the same colour with the caption: “Monday Blues?”

The fans on Twitter were quick to pounce upon Rahul for displaying such a stylish photo at a time when his bat is far from speaking. Rahul, who has played 27 Tests for India scoring 1,606 runs, hit four centuries in his first 19 innings but hasn’t scored any in his last 25 innings. His last hundred came against England in the home series in Chennai in December 2016 when he scored 199.

Here is Rahul’s post:

Monday Blues? 😏👑 pic.twitter.com/qgHXrEFdI3

— K L Rahul (@klrahul11) August 27, 2018

While one of the Twitterati asked whether he too started making style statements like colleague Hardik Pandya, another asked him to practice hard or else he could get dropped. There were also fans who, however, praised his style.

India will meet England for the fourth Test at Rose Bowl, Southampton, starting August 30 and it will be ea crucial one for Virat Kohli’s men if they want to stay alive in the series which they are trailing 1-2 now. India lost the first two Tests at Edgbaston and Lord’s by 31 runs and an innings and 159 runs before making a strong comeback to win the third match at Trent Bridge by 203 runs.

India changed their opening combinations in all games but saw their openers putting up 50 or more scores only thrice out of six innings.

Here are some of the reactions on Rahul’s post:

Dude, go practice! One more bad game and you might be dropped. Don't take things lightly. We can still win this, but we need contributions from people other than Virat as well

— ςθμππλκ (@soumaknandi) August 27, 2018

Bhai Faishon to puri zindagi bhar karna hai Cricket pe dhyaan do pls.

— Naval Pokhriyal (@nav_kishor) August 27, 2018

Spending too much time with @hardikpandya7 ? 😂😂😂

— Abhishek (@AbhishekKirsten) August 27, 2018

You will not perform well for India and u will be active in social media#Puma #ENGvIND

— .. (@PSPK25_) August 27, 2018

Pehla seris win karo uska baat swag dikao. Tumari publicity cricket sa aye fashion par nahi. Watching King Kohli to how he play and how you play. Try to best to win the seris. I also think last match have chance to prithvi.

— Soham Bose (@SohamBo51858831) August 27, 2018

Bhai batting pr dheyan de…

— 🇮🇳Saurabh Mathuria🇮🇳 (@SaurabhMathuri4) August 27, 2018

Thursday torture lined up by jimmy n Stuart be ready

— sarchak (@blore85) August 27, 2018

Pehle khel accha khelo ,,rahul bhai..🙏🙏baad main style marro…

— Ranjit biswal (@RANJIT845) August 27, 2018

Aap test match kya hai..jante ho???

— Ranjit biswal (@RANJIT845) August 27, 2018

Thodi batting bhi karlo bhai kabhi …

— Sameer Vaghela (@sameer_official) August 28, 2018

Modelling se jyada cricket par dyan de le

— Mukesh Kumar (@mukesh51872478) August 28, 2018

Good, jis hisaab se tu scores bana raha hai… tera career modelling hi ho ne wala hai… Nach Baliye ki practice bhi chalu kar de… get in touch with @sreesanth36

— Indian (@memarathi5) August 28, 2018

Dost, pahle runs banao…Tumse out of India runs nahi ban rahe…. Modelling baad main..

— Subodh Bhinge (@BhingeSubodh) August 28, 2018

Bhai, woh sab toh thik hai, lekin run kab banayega?

— TomT (@TomAltered) August 27, 2018

Style acha maar leta. Thoda run bhi maarle Bhai @klrahul11

— Nadimur Rahman (@Nadimur) August 27, 2018

अरे क्रिक्टर हो यार आप मॉडल थोड़ी जो ऐसी फ़ोटो डाल रहे हो।।थोड़ा तो ख्याल रखो।।अपने स्टारडम का।।एक क्रिक्टर क्या होता हैं उसका।।

— it's viNi (@vIIni_2) August 28, 2018