New Delhi: The second match of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy between India and Australia will be played in Adelaide. This match between the two teams will be played in a day-night format with a pink ball. Before this match, the Indian team landed in Canberra for a two-day practice match with the Prime Minister’s XI. However, the first day of the practice match was washed out due to rain. Due to this, the practice match was reduced to 46-46 overs.
In this match against the Prime Minister’s Playing XI, Team India bowled first and bundled out the host team for 240 runs in 43.2 overs. After this, Team India made a strong start in batting. Once again KL Rahul started the innings with Yashasvi Jaiswal for India. Opening with Yashasvi Jaiswal, KL Rahul was once again in good rhythm when suddenly he was called back to the pavilion.
KL Rahul retired hurt:
This first match was very important for Team India before the Pink Ball Test match in Adelaide, but the decision to retire KL Rahul, who was batting in good rhythm, without any injury was quite shocking. Rahul was recalled and Shubman Gill was called to bat at number three. In such a situation, the question arises why was KL Rahul, who had scored 27 runs in 44 balls, suddenly recalled? Did KL Rahul need less practice with the pink ball?
This is not the first time that such an incident has happened with KL Rahul in Team India. Earlier, Rahul was sometimes given the middle order and sometimes wicketkeeping along with opening. Attempts were made to mould KL Rahul in every kind of role. This is the reason why its effect was seen in KL Rahul’s game as well, due to which he was even dropped from Team India.
