“Where is KL Rahul?”: After losing the first two games of the ongoing 3-match ODI series, the Indian cricket team is taking on South Africa in the ongoing dead rubber and would be looking forward to making a comeback in this game. However, ahead of the game, Punjab Kings shared a post, asking the netizens about their preferred playing XI, which has generated a lot of attention on social media for all the wrong reasons.
Well, ahead of the third ODI match against South Africa, Punjab Kings took to Twitter and shared a poster of team India, asking the fans about their preferred playing xi for the third ODI. However, Punjab Kings ignored their former captain KL Rahul in their poster.
Here, check out the Tweet:
The cricketing action heads to Cape Town next. ?
What should #TeamIndia‘s Playing XI be for the final ODI? ?#SAvIND #SaddaPunjab pic.twitter.com/CPk16aDrHx
— Punjab Kings (@PunjabKingsIPL) January 22, 2022
The tweet went viral in no time and was flooded with reactions from Twitterati to this. Fans were unhappy with the fact that Punjab Kings ignored KL Rahul, who is leading the Indian cricket team in the ongoing series, from their posters of the Indian cricket team and thus, fans are trolling the franchise left, right, and center.
Here, check out the reactions of Twitterati on this:
Where is kL RAHUL pic ? ??U turely shows why u are wrost admin ever , the guy who contributed half of runs for your franchise ??& even he opt out himself from the team u should show some respect towards the guy but….??
— kl RAHUL (@kLRahul23507792) January 22, 2022
— ??
(@anushkaalol) January 22, 2022
(@anushkaalol) @PunjabKingsIPL you cannot do this to a player who has given it all in a try to lift the franchise at topmost position. You know whom I am talking about! A big thumbs down?
— prajwal joshi (@29_prajwal) January 22, 2022
Dear admin please note that you are missing captain Kl Rahul in pic
— ANAND KUMAR?? (@anandkvishwas3) January 22, 2022
Kl Rahul bhi khelta h bhai! PBKS se nikal gaya to jyada bura lag gya kya aap loge ko? ind- k match mein bhi photo nahi dikhta aapke post mein !
— Sajid Ansari (@SajidAn52104488) January 22, 2022
So you agree that kl shouldn’t be our poster boy?
— Archer (@poserarcher) January 22, 2022
Unreal hate for KL Rahul ? https://t.co/wNNgSTUJvb
— Sravan (@Sravan_457) January 23, 2022
Whole pbks against one player?? https://t.co/c2hgXeY9s4
— ????. (@s_twtss) January 23, 2022
Where is captain @klrahul11 ? https://t.co/9XMU7Qdsb0
— Saqlain Sagar (@SaqlainSagar3) January 23, 2022
Really can’t get this out of the head ?? https://t.co/KI8Td8lb8C
— Aryan Singh (@AryanSi79779749) January 23, 2022
Rahul naaam toh sunnnaa hogaa woh kdr hai @klrahul11
????@PunjabKingsIPL https://t.co/TO473vTgs2— Zeeshu_26 (@Zeealy41) January 23, 2022
Not using ICT captain photo for third time is conclusive that they are doing it intentionally.
Now, does it matter?
It doesn’t impact player’s career or finance per se, it’s not even offensive but it’s ridiculous & unprofessional on the part of admin and franchise not to https://t.co/FIGVU1LQon— Priyanshu (@_ChangeTheTopic) January 22, 2022
Ye marr jayenge magar KL captain ka photo nahi daalenge ? https://t.co/PXAQGXfMWH
— Dy tweets (@tweets_dy) January 22, 2022
Meanwhile, KL Rahul won the toss and decided to bowl first. Here, check out the playing xi of both the countries:
India’s Playing XI:
KL Rahul (captain), Jasprit Bumrah, Shikhar Dhawan, Ruturaj Gaikwad, Virat Kohli, Suryakumar Yadav, Shreyas Iyer, Venkatesh Iyer, Rishabh Pant (wicket-keeper), Ishan Kishan (wicket-keeper), Yuzvendra Chahal, R Ashwin, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Deepak Chahar, Prasidh Krishna, Shardul Thakur, Md. Siraj, Jayant Yadav, Navdeep Saini
South Africa’s Playing XI:
Temba Bavuma (captain), Keshav Maharaj, Quinton de Kock (wicketkeeper), Zubayr Hamza, Marco Jansen, Janneman Malan, Sisanda Magala, Aiden Markram, David Miller, Lungi Ngidi, Wayne Parnell, Andile Phehlukwayo, Dwaine Pretorius, Kagiso Rabada, Tabraiz Shamsi, Rassie van der Dussen, Kyle Verreynne
