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KL Rahul en path to his 84 within the India vs Australia third Check.© AFP
KL Rahul has been a polarizing particular person in Indian cricket, who has divided opinion amongst former cricketers, specialists and followers. Be it for his strike price in T20 cricket or for his knock within the 2023 ODI World Cup last or whether or not he deserves a spot in India’s Check facet, query marks have at all times hovered over Rahul. However Rahul stood tall amidst India’s batting struggles within the ongoing third Check of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy, making a superb 84 in Brisbane. Former India cricketer-turned-pundit Aakash Chopra has now hit again at different ex-India gamers who’ve criticised Rahul previously.
“We know of KL Rahul’s celebration (shutting ears celebration). Now he has probably eliminated any outside noise and is completely focused on his game,” stated Chopra, talking on his YouTube channel.
“There are several former cricketers who sit and wait for Rahul to fail, and write essays on Rahul’s form. They are all silent now. They won’t speak about anyone anymore,” Chopra added, in a dig to former cricketers who spoke ailing of Rahul.
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“Things have changed a lot. The boy has done well and people can learn a lot from KL Rahul,” Chopra continued.
Considered one of KL Rahul’s most staunch critics has been former India quick bowler Venkatesh Prasad. Regardless of each Rahul and Prasad hailing from the identical metropolis, Prasad had said that KL Rahul was within the India Check facet as a result of “favouritism”. Chopra’s feedback, about Rahul silencing his doubters, could have been not directly geared toward ex-cricketers like Prasad.
In a tough third Check, with India struggling at 74/5 and attempting to avoid wasting a follow-on, Rahul put in a resilient 84 off 139 balls on Day 4, being one in all solely two Indian batters to go previous 50.
Late cameos by tailenders Akash Deep and Jasprit Bumrah helped India keep away from follow-on, and massively cut back Australia’s probabilities of victory.
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