Ahmedabad: Team India captain Virat Kohli has backed opener KL Rahul, who failed in ongoing India vs England T20 series against England at the Motera stadium.
Kohli states that Rahul is the winner of the match. Captain Virat Kohli has made it clear that Rahul is in the right place to open with senior opener Rohit Sharma in the T20 format.
Kohli says innings that were not conducive to match victory were wasted. Virat Kohli (77 not out off 46 balls; 8 fours) in the third T20I
England won by 8 wickets against the poor bowling from the Indian team.
KL Rahul is a champion
After the match, Indian team captain Virat Kohli attended the press conference. “I was not on the field until a few days ago. KL Rahul is the champion player. He is a key player on the team. who is playing consistently, Opening with Rohit Sharma. Getting into form in the T20 format is a six-ball affair.”
“Rahul is the right man for the opening, ”said Kohli.
Rahul, who returned from a tour of Australia due to injury, was selected directly for the England series.
He couldn’t get any practice beforehand, he directly got into the field as an opener for the T20I.
Rahul’s performance stands at 1, 0, 0 in three consecutive matches in the current T20 series.
Virat Kohli says innings that are not conducive to match success are wasted.
“There is no advantage with an innings that is not conducive to team success. It is difficult to bat against a new ball. England bowlers bowled in the right areas. Keeping the exact line and length in mind. The extra speed was also added. We had a good partnership, albeit There was no advantage with that innings” says captain Kohli.
He further added “It helped me to bat till the end. My intention was to stand at the crease and set a good record. Our intensity decreased in the second half. Hardik Pandya is known for his batting prowess. But we want to give him some extra responsibility with the ball for now.” said Kohli.
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Consecutive fail
This is KL Rahul’s second appearance in the T20 series. It is noteworthy that he made only one run in three matches combined.
Rahul, who batted 4 balls in the first T20I, made just one run and was bowled by Jofra Archer.
Then, in the second T20, Sam Curran bowled an off-stump ball, which was caught by wicketkeeper Jos Buttler and which turned into a duck.
Fast bowler Mark Wood, who bowled the third over of the innings in the third T20I, clean bowled KL Rahul, has he struggled to predict the ball.
Demand for KL Rahul to step down
In the third T20, KL Rahul joined the pavilion without even opening a run account.
The fans have been furious about his performance and are criticizing him on a serious note.
Fans are demanding that Shikhar Dhawan should be replaced in his place.
In fact, it wasn’t only fans bickering to save their team from losing, former cricketers also joined the argument and demanded that KL Rahul be hunted down from third India vs England T20 match after his consistently poor performance in the first two T20 matches has disappointed everyone.
But Captain Virat Kohli in the press conference bit-back to all the comments saying Rahul was a champion and made it crystal clear that Rahul would continue to open India vs England T20I match.
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