Ex-India seamer comes out hard on KL Rahul, says his selection is based on favouritism and not on performance
IND vs AUS: Venkatesh Prasad comes out hard on KL Rahul's selection
For his series of poor run in Tests, KL Rahul has received latest criticism from the former India fast bowler Venkatesh Pradesh who has come out hard on the India opener saying his selection in the Test side is not based on performance but favouritism. Picked over in-form Shubman Gill – who was coming off a super series against New Zealand where he scored his maiden double hundred in addition to scoring two centuries in white-ball formats, Rahul flopped in the first innings against Australia in Nagpur. The right-hander not only looked in poor touch, he played a lazy shot just at the stroke of stumps on day one to hand debutant Todd Murphy and Australia the needed breakthrough.
In the following tweet, the former seamer said to make things worse KL is also the designated vice-captain that somewhere guarantees his place in the team. Prasad opined that instead of him, India should appoint Ravichandran Ashwin as Rohit’s deputy given how smart Ashwin is and for the experience he’s carrying. He also said that even players like Mayank Agarwal and Hanuma Vihari have had better impacts than Rahul in Tests, but the Bengaluru-born is lucky to play for so long despite not performing consistently.
In his last tweet, he didn’t mince his words and put fingers on those selecting the team saying Rahul is not being picked on the basis of his performance instead he is being favoured. Commenting further, Prasad said most people are yes-man and that’s why they don’t speak about such unfair selections in the Indian team.
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Meanwhile, India won the first of the four Test matches against Australia in Nagpur by beating them by an innings and 132 runs inside three days. Ravindra Jadeja and Ravichandran Ashwin shined with the ball while Axar Patel and captain Rohit Sharma impressed everyone with their batting show. The next Test begins on February 17th in Delhi.
