Fans Try To Touch KL Rahul’s Feet. Here’s What Happened Next- Watch | Cricket News

KL Rahul had a great outing within the not too long ago concluded Test collection towards South Africa with a hard-fought century in Centurion however the wicket-keeper batter was not included for the T20I collection towards Afghanistan beginning Thursday. With the T20 World Cup 2024 simply not far away, Jitesh Sharma and Sanju Samson got an opportunity to point out their mettle on the worldwide stage. In a video doing the rounds on social media, Rahul was seen popping out of a restaurant when he was mobbed by a few of his followers. Two of the followers tried to the touch his toes however Rahul stopped them and took footage with them as a substitute.

Earlier, former Indian opener Aakash Chopra raised considerations over middle-order batter KL Rahul’s omission from the squad towards Afghanistan, particularly when he and skipper Rohit Sharma each put up disappointing numbers throughout ICC T20 World Cup 2022 in Australia.

Rohit Sharma and batter Virat Kohli returned to India’s T20I squad towards Afghanistan because the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) on Sunday revealed a 16-player roster for a three-match T20I collection.

A fan touches KL Rahul’s toes. pic.twitter.com/VWaY1Y5E3p

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The senior duo made a comeback to India’s T20I setup for the primary time because the finish of the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2022, in what’s a serious growth for the aspect forward of the T20 World Cup 2024.

But KL Rahul remained absent from the aspect.

To this, Chopra questioned on his Youtube Channel that what flawed KL had achieved, particularly after having a great ICC Cricket World Cup final yr with the bat. He additionally identified that Rohit did not do properly in T20 WC 2022 and did properly within the 50-over event subsequent yr to earn his manner again within the crew.

“When you want to go back to your seniors, what is Rahul’s mistake? If you are making the team based on the last T20 World Cup performance, both Rohit and Rahul did not do well. Both are in the same boat,” stated Aakash on his channel.

“After that, both have done well, if we see the last World Cup, the ODI one. Then both names should have been there. Rahul even keeps and bats down the order now. So you could have played him there as well. However, Rahul is not there but Rohit is. Virat Kohli is there. You were not looking to keep him for the last one year,” he added.

(With ANI inputs)