Team India will be in action on 1 March 2023 when they will take on Australia in the third Test. The match is going to happen in Indore. The home side will look to continue their dominance in this upcoming match also. But, all eyes will be on KL Rahul if he gets a chance in the match or not. KL Rahul has failed to score big in this series so far.
In three innings, he scored 38 runs while opening the innings. So, fans were not happy with such disappointing performances from the star batter. Even, since the start of the series, many former cricketers like Harbhajan Singh and Kapil Dev claimed that team India need to drop KL Rahul for having a better balance.
KL Rahul scored his last Test century against the Proteas in 2022
They also said that Rahul should get dropped despite being the vice-captain of the side while Shubman Gill needs to be given chance. Gill has been a top performer for the Men in Blue across all three formats in recent months. After the second Test in Delhi, Venkatesh Prasad shared Rahul’s Tests stats while comparing him to other batters like Gill. He also blamed the Indian team management for favoring the out-of-form batter over others. So, fans were hoping to see him out of the squad for the last two Tests.
However, the Indian selectors showed faith in him and KL Rahul managed a place in the squad for the third and fourth matches. But, they removed him from the vice-captain post and fans claimed that now, India can keep him out of the playing XI. Now, ahead of the third Test, an image has gone viral where skipper Rohit Sharma and Shubman Gill were seen having an intense batting session. So, fans started to speculate that the young batter is going to replace Rahul in Indore. They came up and shared some funny memes to troll KL Rahul on the social media platform.
Here is the shared image:
Rohit Sharma & Shubman Gill practicing together in the net session. ( 📷 - Sports Tak) pic.twitter.com/8MIPPrxiLh
— Johns. (@CricCrazyJohns) February 28, 2023
Here are some viral memes on KL Rahul in response to that viral image:
#KLRahul𓃵 pic.twitter.com/CYrCi34Guy
— Aman Mishra (@criccrazy1307) February 28, 2023
KL Rahul- pic.twitter.com/mRL1yREfCg
— 82* notout at MCG (@udaykum00063229) February 28, 2023
KL Rahul will be replaced by Gill.
— Manitej (@PrataManitej) February 28, 2023
Bharat will be replaced by KLOL pic.twitter.com/0Xxlm4FWMU
Meanwhile BKL Rahul 😁 pic.twitter.com/ol3YUupzkY
— Bhupender Thakur (@MisterBeeTee) February 28, 2023
BKL got a new Job😭😭 pic.twitter.com/hxjtvjjlFM
— Pain_ (@Uchiha0777) February 28, 2023
Kl rahul pic.twitter.com/aeyRj89evY
— redmicommunityindia (@redmicommunity) February 28, 2023
— Prasun Jha (@jprasun21) February 28, 2023
KL Rahul watching Gill practicing from pavilion pic.twitter.com/Uv0DSIbVLm
— Vishal Deshmukh (@kaafiAverage) February 28, 2023