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'Aapka knowledge toh kamaal ka hai bhai' - Twitter erupts with memes as Venkatesh Prasad continues his attack on KL Rahul showing his stats

Former Indian cricketer's sharp criticism against KL Rahul for his continuous poor form has invited a meme fest on Twitter.

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KL Rahul and Venkatesh Prasad (Image Credits: Twitter)

KL Rahul and Venkatesh Prasad KL Rahul and Venkatesh Prasad (Image Credits: Twitter)

India got off to a commendable start in the ongoing Border-Gavaskar Trophy series as they won the first two Tests and retained the coveted crown. However, this series will be agony for KL Rahul as he has been removed from the vice-captain role due to his poor form and might get dropped from the playing XI in the remaining two matches against Australia.

Rahul has been going through a poor run of form with the bat in the last few months and fans have lashed out at the Indian Cricket Board for backing him despite his poor form. The India opening batter continued his poor form in the ongoing BGT series and as a result, the management removed him from the VC role ahead of the 3rd Test. However, Rahul is still in the squad for the remaining two matches against Australia, but it is uncertain whether he will be playing.

Meanwhile, former Indian cricketer Venkatesh Prasad, who had earlier said that "he (KL Rahul) is currently not amongst the current 10 best openers in India", took to his Twitter handle to present statistics proving his statement to be true. While some are of the opinion that Rahul has a better overseas Test record, Prasad's stats show that the right-handed batter averages just 30 overseas.

The 53-year-old also highlighted the stats of some other Indian openers. "Shikhar Dhawan has the best overseas average amongst recent openers. Avg of nearly 40 with 5 100’s. Though he too hasn’t been consistent in Test but had Outstanding centuries in SL and NZ, plus a much better home record."

"Shubhman Gill has had a brief international career and in 14 overseas innings averages 37, with his 91 at Gabba amongst the best overseas 4th innings and has been in outstanding form.

"And if overseas performance is a criteria, Ajinkya Rahane despite being out of form and also inconsistent before being dropped had one of the best overseas Test record, averaging over 40 overseas in 50 test matches. Was out of form and dropped…," Prasad tweeted.

'Play county cricket and make a comeback': Prasad

Prasad, who is also a commentator, advised Rahul to play county cricket and return to Tests. "But with KL being retained for the remaining 2 test matches, if he is picked in the playing 11, Indore is his best chance of coming back to form and silencing critics like me. Else needs to play county cricket, perform well and make a comeback in the Test side," he added.

Prasad's statistics invited different opinions and memes on Twitter. Here are some memes shared by Twitteratis:

 

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