After scoring a century, Rahul broke his silence on online trolling.

Centurion (Uttam Hindu News): The Indian innings faltered badly in the first innings of the first Test against South Africa, but KL Rahul’s fighting innings took India to a strong total. Rahul spoke openly about the criticism on social media in an interview given to Star Sports after his century.

In the first Test match being played against South Africa in Centurion, KL Rahul played an inning of 101 runs in 137 balls. Rahul’s century came at a time when India’s top order batsmen Yashasvi Jaiswal, Captain Rohit Sharma, Shubman Gill, Kohli and Shreyas Iyer could not do anything special with the bat.

Rahul was praised for his efforts in difficult batting conditions in the first innings. He scored his eighth Test century and took the team’s total to 245. However, the unbeaten century of Dean Elgar of the opposing team overshadowed this fighting innings of Rahul. Proteas took the lead in the first innings with the help of Elgar’s unbeaten 140 runs.

After the end of the second day’s play, Rahul said, “As a person, as a cricketer… you are challenged every day, every moment. There is a pressure from social media. When I have scored a century, the same people are praising me.

“Three, four months ago everyone was trolling me. It’s part of the game, but I can’t say it doesn’t affect you. You can’t change people. People have the freedom to say things, but some things are very hurtful.” “The sooner you realize that staying away from it is good for your game and your mentality, the better,” the ICC quoted Rahul as saying.

Rahul said that when he was away from cricket due to injury, he focused on himself, but when you play at the international level, you also have to face challenges as an individual. If we talk about the match, South Africa will proceed with a lead of 11 runs on the third day. He has five wickets left. Elgar is on one side of the crease and all-rounder Marco Johnson is on the other end.

Rahul believes that if the bowlers manage to find their rhythm, India can spoil the first Test of Elgar’s farewell match.
Rahul said, “We are not thinking too far ahead. We just have to focus on the first session on Thursday. I think it is important to bowl in the right areas. Still getting some help in the wicket. We have to try to get him out as quickly as possible.”