Two former India cricketers engage in heated debate over KL Rahul's poor form on Twitter

KL Rahul (Image Credit: Twitter)

India opening batter in Tests and T20I, KL Rahul has been going through a torrid form with the bat in the last few months. Not to forget, the fans have bashed the Indian Team management for backing him despite poor form. Meanwhile, during the recently-concluded second Test between India and Australia, former India pacer Venkatesh Prasad ripped apart Rahul on Twitter.

It happened after the right-hander failed to score big against the Aussies. A few after hours after Rahul's failure, Prasad wrote "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 deliberately denying talented guys, in form guys an opportunity to be in the 11. Shikhar had a test avg of 40+ , Mayank has of 41+ with 2 double hundreds, Shubhman Gill in sublime form, Sarfaraz never ending wait.. Many domestic performances constantly ignored.

"His inclusion shakes belief in Justice. SS Das had great potential,so did S Ramesh,both avgd 38+but did not get beyond 23 test matches. Rahul’s consistent inclusion gives an impression of lack of batting talent in India which isn’t true. Last 5 years his avg is below 27 in 47 inn.

"As per me ,he is currently not amongst the current 10 best opener’s in India but is being given endless chances. Guys like Kuldeep Yadav put in man of the match performances and next game are dropped with theories like Horses for courses. In any course ,KL is not a horse. Sad," wrote on Twitter.

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 …. https://t.co/WLe720nYNJ

— Venkatesh Prasad (@venkateshprasad) February 18, 2023

How about we wait for KL Rahul to do well in the second innings: Aakash Chopra

Meanwhile, former India opener, Aakash Chopra backed Rahul to do well in the second innings. The former wrote "Venky Bhai, Test match chal raha hai. How about, at least, waiting for both the innings to get over. All of us are in the same team i.e. Team India. Not asking you to hold back your thoughts but timing could be a little better. After all, our game is all about the ‘timing', replying to Prasad's Tweet.

Venky Bhai, Test match chal raha hai. How about, at least, waiting for both the innings to get over. All of us are in the same team i.e. Team India. Not asking you to hold back your thoughts but timing could be a little better. After all, our game is all about the ‘timing’ 🙏 https://t.co/HvxtRQxQDn

— Aakash Chopra (@cricketaakash) February 19, 2023

However, Rahul failed to capitalize on the 115-run target set due to the poor batting by the Aussies on Day Three. He was caught by Alex Carey after the ball reflected off the short-leg fielder. In the end, India won the Test match by six wickets.