KL Rahul had a disastrous start to his Test series against West Indies with the bat. Rahul was forced to walk back for a duck in the opening Test at Rajkot. If that wasn't enough, Rahul made it worse by taking a review on what appeared to be a clear decision.
Shannon Gabriel trapped Rahul in front of the wickets in the first delivery of his first over. Rahul had nothing on his scorecard. However, it's not something which got him under fire, but a desperate attempt to save himself irked the fans on Twitter.
Well, this is not the first time the Indian opener has wasted a review in an attempt to save himself from a plumb LBW call.
Recently, in the Asia Cup 2018, Rahul had used review for fun but that ended up costing two of his teammates. MS Dhoni and Dinesh Karthik were given out on a wrong call and DRS at that time would have saved their wicket.
Even Rahul admitted after the game that he should not have wasted the review.
Here is how the Twitterati reacted to Rahul's decision to go for a DRS:
I’m the best talent in India , I play once in a while , i fucking don’t care reviewing even if it’s out , yes I’m rahul KL Rahul #INDvWI #Klrahul
— vinay karanam (@VKaranam94) October 4, 2018
KL Rahul should be banned from taking a review????????#INDvWI
— shreyas ghule (@shreyasghule) October 4, 2018
KL Rahul Is The Only Player Who Wastes His Wicket As Well As Review...#INDvWI
— Babu Bhaiya (@Shahrcasm) October 4, 2018
Life Of KL Rahul
— AB DE VILLIERS ❤️ (@SRKian_Aaftab) October 4, 2018
Utho
Nahao
Khao
Review waste Karo
So Jao#INDvWI
Other Teams
— Silly Point (@FarziCricketer) October 4, 2018
Reviews: 2
Team India
KL Rahul: 1
Rest of the players: 1#INDvWI
Life of KL Rahul:
— C/S (@LordShastri) October 4, 2018
Birth
Get out to inswinging delivery
Waste a review
Death
KL Rahul invariably wastes a review everytime he's been given out LBW early on in his innings! He needs to accept the fact he's plumb in front and get out of there!! #INDvWI
— Gaurav P (@GauravPrabhak) October 4, 2018
What a selfish player KL Rahul is! Why was that reviewed? #INDvWI
— Omkar Mankame (@Oam_16) October 4, 2018