Indian opener KL Rahul was controversially dismissed during the first Test match played between India and Australia at the Optus Stadium in Perth today. In the match, the on-field umpire initially declared Rahul not out after Australia appealed for a catch on the ball of Mitchell Starc. At this time it seemed that the ball had hit Rahul’s pad. After this, Kangaroo captain Pat Cummins took a review, after which the third umpire found that the ball had touched Rahul’s bat.
Questions raised on KL Rahul’s dismissal
After this the on-field umpire had to change his decision and Rahul was given out. Rahul played an innings of 26 runs in 74 balls in this match. On the basis of this inning, Rahul has also completed three thousand runs in Test. The 32-year-old player made this record with 8 centuries and 15 fifties at an average of around 34 in 54 matches. With this, questions started being raised on Rahul’s decision to exit.
Rahul replaced captain Rohit
Rahul batted for India in the absence of regular captain Rohit Sharma, who is not playing in the match due to personal reasons. Rohit will be seen playing in the second match. Rahul, who bats in the middle order, was left out of the team during the home series against New Zealand but was included in the squad for the second Test between India A and Australia A in Melbourne earlier this month.
How is Rahul’s career?
Apart from Tests, Rahul has scored 2851 runs for India in ODIs and 2265 runs in T-20 Internationals. He played an important role in India’s ODI World Cup final in 2023. He was the team’s top scorer in the final match against Australia in Ahmedabad, where the team lost by six wickets.
