On Sunday 30 October, India to clash with confident South Africa in Australia at Perth Stadium. Rohit Sharma won the toss and opted to bat first. In the first innings, the south African pacers nailed on the pitch. Some of them performed hard.
But on the side of India, the opening was a bit unsatisfied. India captain, Rohit Sharma and KL Rahul go on the pitch to open. Rohit Sharma lost his wicket on 15 runs off 14 balls. KL Rahul scored 9 runs over 14 balls.
But this time KL Rahul again show got a flop. In the three matches so far he scored 4,9 and 9 runs. Indian batter KL Rahul is passing through the worst phase of his international career. For the third consecutive match in the T20 World cup tournament 2022, Rahul was dismissed for a score of single digit number, after scoring 4 and 9 runs in the last two matches in the tournament.
After the last two low performances against the Netherlands and Pakistan, expectations from the fans’ side and the coach’s side are too high for Rahul to put end to his barren patch but all he delivered was a 9-run knock in the match against South Africa. As a result, fans resorted to memes and jokes on Twitter as they troll the batter.
In today’s match, Rahul started with the hit and displaced the ball out of the boundary. He scored six on the very first ball. Rahul took a little time before getting started and opened his account with a six on the bowl of Wayne Parnell in the third over of the inning. Unfortunately, he got out on 9 runs off 14 balls before being dismissed by Lungi Ngidi on the last ball of the 5th over.