'Non playing Vice Captain' - Fans target KL Rahul after Pakistan's decision of omitting VC Shan Masood from playing XI against NZ

In a shocking decision, the Pakistan team management axed the vice-captain Shan Masood from the playing XI of the first of the three-match ODI series against New Zealand. Notably, both teams played this match at the National Stadium in Karachi. This decision from the management drew a lot of mixed reactions from a section of Pakistan cricket fans.

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Meanwhile, just after this decision from Pakistan, it was a section of the Indian cricket fans took no time in hitting the men in blue’s vice-captain KL Rahul. Notably, the 30-year-old is enduring a lean patch with the bat in international cricket for a long time since the 20-20 World Cup 2022.

PCB made Shan Masood as Vice Captain of ODI but he is not part of playing 11.

— Johns. (@CricCrazyJohns) January 9, 2023

Indian fans being Indian fans as always took no time in demanding treatment with KL Rahul similar to that of the one that happened with Masood.

Here’s how fans targeted KL Rahul after Shan Masood was axed from the playing XI of Pakistan:

I wish this would have happened to KL

— Archer (@poserarcher) January 9, 2023

and then there is indian team where vice captain is considered fix

— Daksh Gill(fan account) (@GillDakshveer) January 9, 2023

Bcci should also do this with KL

— Ansh Chaturvedi (@kanpuriye09) January 9, 2023

That's what India needs to do with KL. Rahul

— Adam (@MainAdamz) January 9, 2023

can india dare to keep KL Rahul out of XI who is bad run

— Shankr (@shankr_rcg) January 9, 2023

BCCI and PCB in competition with one another to decide who is the more disorganised board. https://t.co/cBpAFuAquY

— Akshay Parvatkar (@camera_wala) January 9, 2023

Talking about the first match between Pakistan and New Zealand, the hosts managed to cross the finishing line on a winning note by a margin of six wickets. Riding on the brilliant half-centuries from Fakhar Zaman, skipper Babar Azam, and star wicketkeeper-batter Mohammad Rizwan, the men in green comfortably chased down the target of 256 runs in 48.1 overs.

Whereas on the other side of the border, the men in blue under the captaincy of regular skipper Rohit Sharma are set to take on Sri Lanka in the first of the three-match ODI series at the Barsapara Stadium in Guwahati. Earlier, the hosts won the three-match T20I series by a margin of 2-1 under the captaincy of stand-in skipper Hardik Pandya.

Although, the Indian team will get the services resumed from the regular skipper Rohit Sharma, former skipper Virat Kohli and other senior players during the 50-overs series against Sri Lanka.