“Biggest fraud in Indian cricket”: KL Rahul memes and funniest Twitter reactions after struggling innings vs Hong Kong

KL Rahul memes: The Indian vice-captain played a lacklustre knock at the Dubai International Cricket Stadium tonight.

During the fourth match of Asia Cup 2022 between India and Hong Kong in Dubai, India vice-captain KL Rahul didn’t help himself or his position as an opening batter in the T20I squad by scoring 36 (39) at a strike rate of 92.30.

Opening the batting with captain Rohit Sharma (21), Rahul ditched India’s recently preferred attacking approach at the top of the order by scoring 16 (20) in the powerplay. Lack of pace in both the opposition’s bowling attack and Dubai International Cricket Stadium pitch, Rahul could neither generate any kind of pace nor find a way to break the shackles.

The right-handed batter not taking enough risks further added to his woes tonight. While Rahul did try a few innovative shots against the spinners, lack of timing and proper execution resulted in him reaping minimum rewards.

Looking out of sorts to an unbelievable extent, Rahul’s outdated approach acted as fuel to fire with respect to the discussion around his outdated approach in the shortest format. In times when contemporary top-order batters aren’t averse to playing risk-involving shots, Rahul adopting an archetype conventional batting strategy is unequivocally objectionable.

India, however, managed to turn the tables in the second half of their innings on the back of individual half-centuries from former captain Virat Kohli (59*) and batter Suryakumar Yadav (68*). While Kohli’s strike rate also needs to improve, Yadav’s maniac innings saw him scoring 68* (26) with the help of six fours and sixes each at a strike rate of 261.53.

KL Rahul memes and funniest Twitter reactions after struggling innings vs Hong Kong

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