KL Rahul failed in Australia's first 'test', the same bowler who had given him a warning got him out
KL Rahul was dropped from the team after failing in the first Test against New Zealand. After losing the series, news came that captain Rohit Sharma will not be present for the first match on the Australia tour. In such a situation, Rahul was already sent to Australia to audition for the opening position. But he has failed to leave his mark in the second unofficial Test being held at the Melbourne Cricket Ground between India A and Australia A. KL Rahul was out after scoring just 4 runs in the first innings of the match.
Australia's fast bowler Scott Boland came to know that KL Rahul is going to play for India A in the second match. He had issued a warning. A few days ago, Boland had said that playing against Rahul on his own ground would be a different experience. He said that dominating Rahul is his only goal. Let us tell you that last year, Boland, who came to India with the Australian team, had bowled to Rahul in a Test match. This time Rahul had come to his home ground. In the match that started on November 7, Boland won and got Rahul caught out by the wicketkeeper.
Apart from KL Rahul, Abhimanyu Easwaran, who is competing with him for the opening position, has once again proved to be a flop. He has also been given a place in the Indian team squad as an opener for the Test series against Australia. Easwaran, who came out to open with Rahul, got out without opening his account. He faced only 3 balls. In the previous match, he played innings of 7 runs and 12 runs while opening. The Border Gavaskar Trophy will begin with the Test held in Perth on November 22. But it has not been decided yet who will open the innings with Yashasvi Jaiswal in this Test.
If Rohit is not present, then Rahul and Ishwaran are big contenders for it. But both the openers have disappointed so far. Apart from these two, captain Rituraj Gaikwad and Sai Sudarshan, who scored a century in the last match, also got out cheaply. At the same time, Devdutt Padikkal tried to handle the innings by playing an innings of 26 runs. In the first session itself, half of India A's team collapsed in scoring 65 runs and is currently struggling.