Opinion: What to do with ‘vice-captain’ KL Rahul, see the record and you tell – why kl rahul is still in indian team playing 11 poor test record ind vs aus

Got a chance to get Gill out

KL Rahul got a chance to play for India against Australia in the Nagpur Test by keeping Shubman Gill out. He became the victim of Murphy playing the debut match after scoring 20 runs. Rahul faced 71 balls to score this 20 runs. Gill, on the other hand, scored a century in the Test series in Bangladesh. Whereas Rahul, who opened with Gill, scored 57 runs in 4 innings there.

Rahul made his Test debut for India in 2014. His bat has brought centuries in Tests in Australia, South Africa and England. This is a big achievement but the overall record will also have to be seen. In 79 innings of 46 Test matches, KL Rahul has scored 2624 runs at an average of 34.07 with the help of 7 centuries. 26 players have scored more runs than him in Tests for India. In this, only Kapil Dev, Ravichandran Ashwin and Syed Kirmani have a worse average than Rahul. And these three are not the main batsmen.

Situation worse since 2018

KL Rahul played 21 Tests from debut till 2017. In this, he scored 1428 runs at an average of 44.62. It also included four century innings. But since then the situation has worsened. In 25 Tests, Rahul has scored 1196 runs at an average of 26.57. Rahul will turn 31 in April. That means it cannot be said that the team management is looking into their future. Then on what basis such players are getting a chance to play continuously.

KL Rahul’s performance in Tests year on year:

25+ score once in last 10 innings

KL Rahul has scored 25+ only once in the last 10 innings in Test cricket. Last year in South Africa, he played an inning of 50 runs. Apart from this, he got out after scoring 23, 8, 12, 10, 22, 23, 10, 2, 20 runs. In the first 10 innings of his Test career, two centuries came out of Rahul’s bat. But in the other 7 out of 8 innings, he could not even touch the double figures. That is, the lack of consistency in his performance is clearly visible. So far in his career, he has not been able to score a century in two consecutive Tests.

KL Rahul’s performance at home and away

At home, KL Rahul has scored 905 runs in 15 Tests at an average of 43.09. There is only one century in this. He has definitely scored 6 centuries in 31 Tests played abroad. But could only score 1719 runs at an average of 30.69. That means there are hundreds outside but apart from that he has been dismissed cheaply and that is why the average is only 30.

Why the step-motherly treatment of others?

Ajinkya Rahane’s Test average is 38.52, Mayank Agarwal’s 41.33, Shikhar Dhawan’s 40.61 and the recently retired Murali Vijay’s 38.28. Even after this, he is out of the team. Murali Vijay did not get a chance after 2018 and retired. The doors are almost completely shut for Dhawan and Rahane as well. But Rahul is playing and don’t know how long he will continue to play.

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Who says Mayank Agarwal has no breath left, played a destructive inning, Rahul and Gill must have lost their sleep!