India National Cricket Team batter KL Rahul had a poor outing with the bat in the ongoing fourth Test against the Australia National Cricket Team. The fifth day of the game between the teams is underway at the Melbourne Cricket Ground in Melbourne.
The move to drop Rahul to the No.3 spot in the ongoing match failed for the second consecutive time in the match as the batter didn’t look as good as he looked while opening. The right-hander walked out to bat after Rohit Sharma yet again fell in single digits.
KL Rahul bags a five-ball duck as Pat Cummins picks his second wicket in his over to put India under pressure
It was expected that with him being in form, Rahul would hold the one end and bat for a longer period of time. However, it wasn’t the case as he fell in the same over in which Rohit Sharma got out as Pat Cummins looked extremely threatening with the ball.
Pat Cummins bowled a back-of-a-length ball shaping in from the outside off. Rahul looked in two minds whether to leave or block. He was late to take his bat inside the line and the ball flew off the toe-end of the bat behind. Khawaja, at first slip, got low to his right to take a good catch.
What caught the attention of many was the reaction of Rahul’s wife, Athiya Shetty, who was in the stands. The Bollywood actress looked absolutely heartbroken as her husband bagged a five-ball duck in the ongoing second innings of the Test match. Not only her even Anushka Sharma was left disappointed.
Things got even more sad for both Athiya and Anushka after Virat Kohli too fell early. The batter yet again chased the outside off-stump ball as Mitchell Starc removed him at the stroke of lunch. This saw the wife of Rahul and Kohli get even more disappointed and their reaction went Vvral.
Watch: KL Rahul’s and Virat Kohli’s wicket at MCG makes Athiya Shetty, and Anushka Sharma absolutely heartbroken
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KL Rahul arguably has looked the most settled batter in the ongoing Border-Gavaskar Trophy 2024-25. He opened the innings in the first three games and was magnificent with the bat. However, skipper Rohit Sharma took his position back at the top.
The move failed terribly as not only did Rohit Sharma struggle to get going, but it also hasn’t done anything good to KL Rahul. The latter has been the scoring runs for the team while opening and also has slammed two half-centuries in the ongoing Border-Gavaskar Trophy 2024-25.
On the other hand, Virat Kohli has been getting out in the same fashion as he has been chasing balls outside off-stump. He slammed a ton in the first game but after that has failed badly.
India National Cricket Team lose Rohit Sharma, KL Rahul, and Virat Kohli early, Yashasvi Jaiswal and Rishabh Pant bail team out
Chasing the target of 340 runs, the India National Cricket Team lost Rohit Sharma and KL Rahul. However, this got worse when Virat Kohli also bagged another failure in the Border-Gavaskar Trophy 2024-25 as the India National Cricket Team was left tottering at 33/3 and were under pressure.
But after that, Yashasvi Jaiswal, who slammed a half-century, and Rishabh Pant brought India National Cricket Team back in the game. They made sure that the team went wicketless in the second session and made sure that the team saved the match at least.
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