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India, who are playing a 2-match Test series at home against Bangladesh, are playing the 2nd match which started on December 22 after winning the first match by 188 runs. Earlier, while key players including Shami, Jadeja and Bumrah were not participating due to injury, captain Rohit Sharma who suffered an injury in the last match of the ODI series also withdrew from this series. KL Rahul, who was announced as the vice-captain in his place, is leading India in the 2nd match as well after registering a win in the first match.
But by 2019, he has surpassed Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma and progressed as vice-captain, and in recent times, he has been the cause of India’s defeats by showing frequent batting. Especially with the selfish idea of somehow scoring big runs even if India loses, he was bowled out by a measly number of runs in the first match against Bangladesh. More than that, when Bangladesh were bowled out for 150 runs in the first innings, he had to follow up as captain and announced that India would bat again in the 2nd innings with a selfish desire to bat again and score big runs.
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Also, in one or two out of 10 matches, that too only against Kathucutty, he has made it a habit to perform poorly in the remaining 9 matches, especially in the stressful big matches. However, many fans are deeply unhappy with him as he continues to get opportunities for the sole reason of being the vice-captain. In this case, the former player Saba Karim said that the time has come to give opportunities to the young player Subman Gill, who is currently showing good performances and is in excellent form, instead of Rahul, who is performing poorly in 5 matches based on scoring in one match.
Here is what he talked about in a recent interview: “It is normal to have ridges in sports. But KL Rahul played a big innings and then performed poorly in the next 5 innings. His worst days of being under too much pressure are over. Nowadays he is not able to play actively in all types of cricket matches. So if Subman Gill scores big in the 2nd match, there will be huge pressure on him again.”
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“Usually someone coming back from injury is eligible to play straight into the team. It was no big deal that others who got the chance scored hundreds in his absence. Rohit Sharma and Rahul are undoubtedly India’s premier openers in Test cricket. But if Rahul continues to fail like this, we already have Subman Gill ready to play back to him,” he said.
Also, he spoke further about the criticism that Ashwin has faced for not taking wickets in a big way in this Test series as follows. “Ravichandran Ashwin is a very quality experienced bowler. We also need to understand that he is playing Test cricket after long days.
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So it takes some time for anyone to get into Test cricket. That doesn’t mean he bowled badly in the first match. So we can hope that he is not under any pressure and will be amazing in the 2nd Test and the next Australian series.”
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