KL Rahul is going through his worst period in his international career right now. He has previously missed a lot of games as a result of injury. He was also benched from the Test team owing to bad play, although he had never experienced a dry spell in any of the other formats, with the exception of ODIs. After a spate of subpar T20I performances, he was demoted from vice-captaincy in limited overs. In his final ten Test innings, he recorded scores of 8, 12, 10, 22, 23, 10, 2, 20, and 1, and the selectors decided to remove him from his position as Rohit Sharma’s backup in red-ball cricket. He might not even participate in the upcoming two Test matches against Australia for the Border-Gavaskar Trophy.
Rahul’s longtime cricket partner, Dinesh Karthik, expressed sympathy for the opener. In the second innings of the Delhi Test match against Australia, Rahul was dismissed for one. There, he did nothing improper. Peter Handscomb at forward short leg somehow managed to get his pads and body in the way to throw the ball towards keeper Alex Carey, who made no error, despite his strong flick of a back-of-a-length effort.
Karthik said he understood Rahul’s situation and that there had been times in his career when he had shed a few tears and gone to the bathroom. “As a professional, you must deal with those sad situations, but when I consider what he has been through, I do so as a player. Knowing full well that this could have been your final inning, you leave that way. It has happened to me when you enter the dressing room, enter the restroom quietly, and cry a little. Given how helpless you feel and how little you can accomplish, “He spoke.
