AUS v IND 2018-19: Sunil Gavaskar blasts KL Rahul for his poor outing in Adelaide

KL Rahul has “no more self-confidence left in him” -Gavaskar.

Gavaskar was not impressed with Rahul’s outing in the first Test | Getty Images

Sunil Gavaskar, former India skipper and cricket pundit, came down hard at the struggling opener KL Rahul after his yet another failure with the willow on Thursday (December 6) in the first Test of four-match Test Series Down Under against Australia at the Adelaide Oval. 

Gavaskar believes that the Karnataka batsman should be dropped from the Playing XI if he fails to score runs in the second innings of the Adelaide Test, as he has “no more self-confidence left in him”.

The 26-year-old managed to score just two runs before he was dismissed by Josh Hazlewood on Day 1 of the first Test and Gavaskar lashed out at the right-hander by saying that he has been continuously making the repeating mistakes and even has not bothered to correct the faults in his techniques.

Gavaskar told Aaj Tak, “KL Rahul should be dropped from playing XI if he fails to score in second innings. Because he has no more self-confidence left in him. There was a time when he was a very confident player, but now he doesn’t look so. There is a tentativeness, a certainty in him about the ball outside the off stump, about his shots, he plays it across the line as well.”

The pundit signed off by saying, “He has not bothered to correct the faults in his techniques. When you shuffle from leg stump to leg stump, you know the placement of the stump, but when a tall batsman like him shuffles towards off stump off his backfoot then the front foot will go a lot outside the off stump and then you play the shot outside the off stump you are liable to get out at slip. He had made this mistake in England and he making the same mistake now as well and only he knows why is he doing it.”

(With Aaj Tak Inputs)

 
 

By Rashmi Nanda - 07 Dec, 2018

    Share Via