Former India pacer Venkatesh Prasad as soon as once more ripped into KL Rahul’s inclusion within the Indian Test crew, branding the batter’s run as “torrid”.
A couple of days in the past, Prasad had tweeted that Rahul’s place within the crew was based mostly not on efficiency however favouritism.
“Rahul’s selection is not based on performance but favouritism. Has been consistently inconsistent and for someone who has been around for 8 years not converted potential into performances,” Prasad had written on Twitter.
On Saturday, after Rahul had one other forgettable outing with the bat the place he was dismissed for 17 runs, Prasad took to Twitter once more, quote tweeting his earlier thread and writing, “And the torrid run continues. More to do with rigidity of the management to persist with a player who just hasn’t looked the part. No top order batsman in atleast last 20 years of Indian cricket has played these many tests with such a low average. His inclusion is ….”
And the torrid run continues. More to do with rigidity of the administration to stick with a participant who simply hasn’t seemed the half. No prime order batsman in atleast final 20 years of Indian cricket has performed these many assessments with such a low common. His inclusion is …. https://t.co/WLe720nYNJ
— Venkatesh Prasad (@venkateshprasad) February 18, 2023
Rahul’s saga of failures led to questions from specialists together with Sunil Gavaskar and Mark Waugh as properly. According to Gavaskar, Rahul has a psychological block and doesn’t know whether or not to go ahead or again.
“He doesn’t know whether to go back or come forward. With KL Rahul, he takes his front foot across and the ball is turning into you, you have to play with a straight bat but when you take your front foot across like that you are left with no choice but to play with an angled bat,” Gavaskar mentioned on Star Sports.
“The chances of you missing the ball are more. Rohit takes the front foot away, so he allows the bat to come around and play the ball in front of the pad. That’s why you see Rohit Sharma look so secure and why Rahul looks tentative,” Gavaskar added.
