Without mincing his phrases, Prasad hit out at Rahul for his constant failures and incapacity to attain regardless of being given many probabilities.
Prasad identified that many cricketers have been ‘ready within the wings & in prime type’ however Rahul has been unable to transform his potential into performances.
“I have a lot of regard for KL Rahul’s talent and ability, but sadly his performances have been well below par. A test average of 34 after 46 tests and more than 8 years in international cricket is ordinary. Can’t think of many who have been given so many chances. Especially when there are so many waiting in the wings & in top form. Shubhman Gill is in sublime form, Sarfaraz has been scoring tons in FC cricket and many who deserve a chance ahead of Rahul. Some are just lucky to be given chances endlessly till they succeed while some aren’t allowed to,” stated Prasad in a Tweet.
“And to make matters worse, Rahul is the designated vice-captain. Ashwin has a great cricketing brain, should be the vice captain in the Test format. If not him should be Pujara or Jadeja .Mayank Agarwal had a far better impact than Rahul in Tests and so did Vihari. 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. One of the reasons why many ex-cricketers aren’t vocal despite seeing such favouritism..is the chances of losing out on potential IPL gigs. They wouldn’t want to rub the captain of a franchisee wrong way, as in today’s age most people like yes men and blind approvers. Often well wishers are your best critics but times have changed & people don’t want to be told truth,” stated Prasad.
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— Venkatesh Prasad (@venkateshprasad) 1676095871000
In the final India Test collection towards Bangladesh, Rahul was the skipper of the Indian staff however flopped with the bat, scoring 22,23, 10 and a pair of in 4 innings.
In the primary innings of the continued India vs Australia first Test, Rahul cheaply fell for 20.
Recently Team India batting coach Vikram Rathour went on the defensive when query about KL Rahul‘s type cropped up in a put up match presser.
When requested if Rahul was fortunate to be thought of within the enjoying XI regardless of his poor run of type, Rathour replied: “I won’t be able to comment on that.”
“But he (Rahul) has scored two hundreds in his last 10 Tests – one in England and other in South Africa and also has a couple of fifties. So we are not yet there.”
Source: timesofindia.indiatimes.com