Asia Cup 2022: India’s KL Rahul puzzles, lack of opening batsman causes trouble

Asia Cup 2022: Rohit SharmaTeam India has dominated the Asia Cup so far. In their second match of Group A, they defeated Hong Kong by a margin of 40 runs. Earlier, Team India clashed with their arch-rivals Pakistan and beat themselves in every department of the game. The men in blue were too good for the boys in green as they brought them a 5 wicket loss. The Asia Cup which is being played in the United Arab Emirates in a way is a dress rehearsal for the upcoming T20 World Cup which will be played in Australia later this year. Rohit Sharma overtakes now with victory over Hong Kong Virat Kohli In terms of highest number of T20I wins. former captain of india M S Dhoni There are 41 T20I wins, while Rohit has surpassed Virat Kohli with 31 T20I victories to have 30 T20I wins to his name.

Before the start of this Asia Cup, all the headlines were on Virat Kohli, who is in a tough phase and hasn’t scored an international century in more than 1000 days. But the former India captain has changed everything with his stellar performance in the ongoing Asia Cup. As of now, Virat is the leading run-scorer for Team India in the mute-nation cricket tournament and has scored 94 runs in two matches. It was his innings against Hong Kong that had glimpses of the old Virat Kohli who dominated the world for over a decade. But as of now, India has a more serious issue to deal with the form and fitness of their key player and opener KL Rahul.

KL Rahul, who has always been known as this extremely talented batsman, a batsman who can turn the game on its head, has not been able to make it to the Asia Cup recently. He made a comeback from a back injury when India toured Zimbabwe for a three-match ODI series ahead of the Asia Cup. Rahul led India to a series win but his bat didn’t talk much. When KL Rahul turned towards the Asia Cup, a lot of expectations were placed on him but now he is definitely looking far from his best.

In the match against Pakistan where India was chasing a target of 147 runs. KL Rahul opened with Rohit Sharma. Interestingly, India tried several combinations for the opening slot ahead of the Asia Cup. Rishabh Pant, Suryakumar Yadav and Shreyas Iyer were all tried, but it was KL Rahul who made the cut while returning from his injury. In a very disappointing performance against Pakistan, Rahul was dismissed for a duck by debutant Shaheen Afridi, but his recent worst performance came against Team Hong Kong where India were placed to bat first. To everyone’s surprise, Rahul looked stoic, and against an attack like Hong Kong, he averaged 36 off 39 balls. Rahul’s innings was heavily criticized from all sides and some even called him a selfish player. But in spite of everything, it is a troublesome place for Team India and now the time has come for the management to think about it.