India is currently taking on Afghanistan the 28th CWC 2019 tie which is being hosted at the Rose Bowl in Southampton. After winning the toss, Virat Kohli elected to bat first. The Men in Blue lost early wickets in the form of Rohit Sharma and KL Rahul who got dismissed on 1 and 30 respectively. KL Rahul departed when the scoreboard read 64 runs. This surely did not go down well with the netizens and they were quite angry with his performance. India vs Afghanistan Live Cricket Score 28th ODI Match.
Angry netizens took to social media and posted tweets trolling KL Rahul. It was Mohammad Nabi bowled a flighted delivery and the Indian opener attempted to play a reverse sweep. The ball landed straight into the hands of Hazratullah Zazai who was standing at the third man. KL Rahul made way to the pavilion on 30. A very poor shot by KL Rahul brought curtains down on his innings.
The netizens were extremely annoyed with the same and they slammed KL Rahul. Check out a few tweets below:
#indvafg poor K L RAHUL having named as rahul he started playing like rahul dravid ..but he got selected for his attacking batting..
— Piyush Rai (@piyushrai999) June 22, 2019
According to this netizen, KL Rahul should be thrown away from the squad.
K L Rahul should be thrown out of WC squad after playing such a horrible shot. Your opponent might be weak but does that permits you to play careless shots? Rather you should built a foundation for ur teammates to score if u can’t. #INDvAFG
— Mayank Upadhyaya (@UpadhyayaMayank) June 22, 2019
This netizen wants Ajinkya Rahane to open for India.
I think it’s time to replace K L Rahul and let Ajinkya Rahane open for India instead. #INDvAFG
— moni k (@monika10k) June 22, 2019
That’s quite nasty.
I'm not sure what they saw in Vijay Shankar. He is definitely not good enough to bat at number 4 and definitely no more than a 6th bowler.. KL Rahul and Vijay Shankar could be two reasons why India may not win the world cup. #INDvAFG #AFGvIND #INDvsAFG #AFGvsIND #CWC19
— Krish Kumar (@KrishKiPhD) June 22, 2019
Last one.
#IndvAfg ..#KLRahul a crap performance..
— ravi (@rav924) June 22, 2019
KL Rahul stepped into the shoes of injured Shikhar Dhawan in the opening slot. His first match in CWC 2019 as an opener was against Pakistan where he made 57 runs. As of now, we have MS Dhoni batting along with Virat Kohli.
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