Rahul Tiwari
khelja|24-10-2024
After being out of the playing eleven of the Pune Test, it would not be wrong to say that KL Rahul has been cheated. After all, this is what Team India coach Gautam Gambhir and captain Rohit Sharma have done with him. While announcing the playing eleven of Pune Test, they did exactly the opposite of what Gambhir and Rohit were saying earlier. Gautam Gambhir had talked so much in the press conference, after which it seemed that KL Rahul would definitely play the Pune Test. But, when captain Rohit Sharma announced the team after the toss, KL Rahul's name did not appear in it. The question is that when this was what was to be done, then why did Gautam Gambhir and Rohit Sharma say the same when asked about KL Rahul?
What did Gautam Gambhir and Rohit Sharma say about KL Rahul, first get to know him one by one. Team India's head coach Gautam Gambhir had said in the press conference in Pune that KL Rahul had played a good innings in Kanpur. The team management will continue to support him. Not only this, he also got furious when it came to light that a campaign was going on on social media to expel KL Rahul from the team.
Gambhir had then clearly said that what is going on on social media and what experts think is not important. What is important is what the team management thinks. And, KL Rahul has full support of the team management. He played a good innings on a difficult wicket in Kanpur. From this statement of Gambhir, anyone could have guessed that he is not going to be out of the team for the time being. But, when the toss took place 12 hours after Gambhir said this, the real reality came out. KL Rahul is out of the team.
Like head coach Gambhir, captain Rohit Sharma also said a big thing about KL Rahul. He had said that we did not want to disturb KL Rahul's batting position. This is the reason why Virat Kohli is playing at number 3. But, Rohit Sharma, who said this, has now left KL Rahul out of the team.