Kumar Bahukhandi
The first test match between India and Bangladesh is going on in Chennai. Today is the second day of the match. R Ashwin (102) and Ravindra Jadeja (86) will continue their innings. On the first day, India scored 339 runs for the loss of 6 wickets. India’s top order could not do anything against the Bangladeshi bowlers. First three wickets fell for 34 runs and then 6 wickets fell for 144. But Jadeja and Ashwin handled the innings and put the team in a good condition by making a partnership of 195 runs. In this match, the star player on whom captain Rohit Sharma had the most faith, could not live up to the expectations.
This player is none other than KL Rahul. Who has been given preference over young batsman Sarfaraz Khan. Rahul was able to score only 16 runs in 52 balls in the first innings and became the victim of Mehdi Hasan Miraz. Rahul is a senior player of the team, but his form in Tests has not been good for some time. It is believed that by giving Rahul a chance, Rohit has shot himself in the foot.
Flopped badly in the last 5 innings, the figures were also average
Talking about KL Rahul’s last 5 Test innings, he has scored 4, 8, 86, 22 and 16 runs. This shows that the level of player he is, he has not yet performed as well as he has. He is struggling with poor form. In 87 innings of 51 Tests in his entire career, Rahul has scored only 2879 runs at a meager average of less than 35. 8 centuries and 14 fifties came from his bat. His best score is 199 runs.
What will KL Rahul have to do?
It is believed that if KL Rahul does not regain his form soon and does not score some centuries, he may lose his place in the Test team. Sarfaraz Khan may get a chance in his place, who performed well in his debut match against England this year.
Match Status
If we talk about the Chennai Test, India scored 339 runs after losing 6 wickets on the day 1 Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli and Shubman Gill did not perform well. The first three wickets fell for just 34 runs. Then Rishabh Pant and Yashasvi Jaiswal extended the innings. When both were out, India lost 6 wickets for 144 runs. After this, there was a partnership of 195 runs in 227 balls between R Ashwin and Jadeja. Now the second day’s play will start soon today. On the first day, Hasan Mahmud took the maximum of 4 wickets for Bangladesh.
