Chennai,
The Indian team won the Test series against Bangladesh by 2-0. KL Rahul took over the captaincy in place of Indian captain Rohit Sharma due to injury in this series. It was under his leadership that the Indian team won the series. Rahul, who excelled as a captain, failed to excel as a player, especially as an opener.
He also scored 57 runs in the Test series against Bangladesh. He has been out of form since the last T20 World Cup. Even in T20 World Cup his performance was not good. After that, he failed to perform well in the ODI series against Bangladesh and the Test series in which he participated.
In this case, in the last match of the same ODI series for Bangladesh, Ishan Kishan, who entered the field as an opener along with Rahul, surprised everyone by scoring a double century. Rahul’s place in ODI cricket is not that much of a risk with his brilliant innings. But Dhawan’s place, where the field is lowered only in ODI cricket, has come to a problem.
Similarly, in the Test series against Bangladesh, Subman Gill, who replaced Rohit as the opener with Rahul, scored a stunning century. This has caused problems for Rahul, who has been out of form in Test cricket lately.
In this case, the Indian team will play a 4-match test series against Australia at home in the months of February and March. It seems that Rahul will be given a chance in that series as well. In this case, Indian player Dinesh Karthik has said that if Rahul does not do this in the series against Australia, his place should be taken away. He said in this regard,
I will give Rahul 2 chances in the Test series against Australia. But if things don’t go in Rahul’s favor in that series, this will definitely go against him.
That means Rahul has played more than 40 Tests but his average is in the low 30s. It is unacceptable for a beginner to have such an average. This is one of the lowest averages by an Indian player who has played more than 35 Test matches.
He must perform well in the Test series against Australia. I think it will be in his mind as well. If he wants to retain his place in the Test team, he will need to score hundreds in the Test series against Australia. If he does not perform well then we can expect a change in the Indian team due to Submangill who is playing very well.
He said this.