Matters have gotten worse for India opener KL Rahul as the Indian team vice-captain was dismissed for 9 runs off 12 balls against the Netherlands on Thursday.
India took on the Dutch team at the Sydney Cricket Ground and would have been hoping for Rahul to register a significant score. However, the right-handed opener failed to deliver once again, following on from his knock of 4 runs from 8 balls against Pakistan at the MCG.
KL Rahul gets brutally trolled after another failure, fans demand the opener be dropped
It was an impressive start from the Netherlands bowlers who didn’t give much room to either Rahul or Rohit Sharma to free their arms. KL Rahul got a boundary in the first over on the off-side, off the bowling of Fred Klaassen, but Tim Pringle, the left-arm orthodox spinner, tightened the screws by leaking just 3 runs in the second over.
Right-arm seamer Paul van Meekeren was thrown the ball for the third over. He conceded two runs from the first three balls to KL Rahul before trapping the Indian opener in front of the stumps for lbw.
It was a full delivery and swinging in a little bit and went on with the angle. Rahul played a flick but missed the ball that hit him on his front pad. The Dutch players went up in appeal. Umpire Ahsan Raza took his time before raising the finger.
Rahul consulted skipper and non-striker Rohit Sharma for a DRS, but he opted against taking the review even though Sharma seemed to be suggesting that the ball may have been sliding down leg. And Rohit was correct: the Hawk-eye showed that the ball was missing the leg-stump and Rahul would have been saved had he taken the review.
Indian fans were left enraged by KL Rahul’s back-to-back cheap scores.
Here are some of the reactions of angry fans to KL Rahul’s low score against the Netherlands:
9(12), Strike rate- 75 against mighty Netherlands.
This is KL Rahul’s World, We are just living in it…bow down for the King Rahul 🙇♂️🔥 #INDvNED pic.twitter.com/ysMXw6sysu— TukTuk Academy (@TukTuk_Academy) October 27, 2022
I will take any version of Rishabh Pant over this fraud KL Rahul. pic.twitter.com/xc1otxyesQ
— Sourabh (@1handed6) October 27, 2022
KL Rahul missed a big opportunity by not taking the review. pic.twitter.com/CsA4uQcpEE
— Johns. (@CricCrazyJohns) October 27, 2022
KL Rahul is ready to face the mighty Netherlands 🥵🥵🥵 pic.twitter.com/XuSeYbkt0f
— Savage (@arcomedys) October 26, 2022
K L Rahul is the new Raga. Earlier seemed fun trolling him but now that everyone’s mocking him endlessly, it just feels like plain bullying. Hope he gets in a better space soon.
— Abijit Ganguly (@AbijitG) October 27, 2022
KL Rahul knew he was Not out, yet he played a double bluff and trolled all his haters by not scoring against Netherlands as well. Hats off
— Gabbbar (@GabbbarSingh) October 27, 2022
KL Rahul has no interest in making runs against the Netherlands. No matter how many he scores, the Orange cap will stay with the opposition. #T20WorldCup #INDvsNED
— Omkar Mankame (@Oam_16) October 27, 2022
KL Rahul must be really wondering what’s going wrong. Before the #T20WorldCup I thought Australian conditions would really suit Rahul but that hasn’t been the case so far.
I am still backing him to come good but he needs to buckle up. #INDvNED @RevSportz
— Subhayan Chakraborty (@CricSubhayan) October 27, 2022
Kl rahul proving his haters wrong by not performing against weak team too 😍😋
— time square 🇮🇳 (@time__square) October 27, 2022
KL Rahul is the biggest fraud in the history of Cricket https://t.co/ckIqXVRdLJ
— ABHISHEK (@OneAbhishekJain) October 27, 2022
KL Rahul is Biggest FRAUD in World Cricket 👍#INDvsNED
— Amit Kumar (@AMIT_GUJJU) October 27, 2022
Lord KL Rahul in every match pic.twitter.com/S6KjpMX3zS
— 🧘🏻♂️ | 🌈 (@night_wiing) October 27, 2022
As a die hard Kl Rahul fan i would say that his time is up… Drop him.#INDvNED pic.twitter.com/WNdVljZMMb
— Passionate Fan (@Cricupdatesfast) October 27, 2022
30-year-old youngster KL Rahul only needs time to prove himself in big games 😍 https://t.co/FIr2M99RNY pic.twitter.com/1BU5aWHbN7
— Roy (@TheRoyNextDoor) October 27, 2022
Kl Rahul didn’t score a hundred against the Netherlands! Surprising! #T20WorldCup #INDvNED
— Mohsin Kamal (@64MohsinKamal) October 27, 2022
Earlier, skipper Rohit Sharma won the toss and elected to bat first.
Teams:
Netherlands (Playing XI): Vikramjit Singh, Max ODowd, Bas de Leede, Colin Ackermann, Tom Cooper, Scott Edwards(w/c), Tim Pringle, Logan van Beek, Shariz Ahmad, Fred Klaassen, Paul van Meekeren
India (Playing XI): KL Rahul, Rohit Sharma(c), Virat Kohli, Suryakumar Yadav, Hardik Pandya, Dinesh Karthik(w), Axar Patel, Ravichandran Ashwin, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Mohammed Shami, Arshdeep Singh
