India’s former skipper Sourav Ganguly has given his harsh remarks on India’s batsman KL Rahul, who has been excluded from India’s XI in the upcoming Indore Test and also stripped of his vice-captaincy for the last two matches against Australia.
In the four-match series of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy, India is leading the series by 2-0 and everything is going in favour of Indian players, except its vice-captain’s form. It’s been a long time since India’s vice-captain KL Rahul has become a topic of debate for his bad form. Ahead of the third Test, India’s former skipper Sourav Ganguly has given some harsh verdict on the batter.
In the last 10 innings, KL Rahul has barely crossed 17 runs, which is also affecting his career average, which has decreased to 35 in 47 matches. In the ongoing series, Rahul has just scored 38 runs. In answering the rising criticism over Rahul’s bad form, Indian cricket team selectors decided to remove him from the role of vice-captainship in the Test matches.
Following Rahul’s bad form, Sourav Ganguly said that if an Indian batter gets failed to make runs in the homeland, it becomes a difficult situation for him to avoid critics.
Speaking to a news agency Ganguly said, “When you don’t score runs in India, obviously you will get flak, KL Rahul hasn’t been the only one. There have been players in the past also.” Some critics also questioned the selectors to retain Rahul in the squad for the last two matches against Australia. However, Ganguly thinks that if Rahul would have performed in the past matches he would have had a chance in the team.
“There’s so much focus and attention with a lot of pressure on players. The team management thinks he is an important player for the team. At the end of the day, what coach and captain thinks is important. He has performed, but obviously you expect a lot more from a top order batter playing for India because the standards set by others are so high. When you fail for a while. Obviously there will be criticism. I am sure Rahul has ability and I am sure, as and when he gets more opportunities, he will have to find a ways to score,” he added.
