'Shadi kar lo acche se pehle phir wapas aana' - Fans blame girlfriend Athiya Shetty for KL Rahul's poor run of form with the bat

Being a player for the national team of India is just carrying the burden of more than a billion dreams on the shoulder. Even after delivering for ‘n’ a number of years of team India, one must need to be prepared to face the heat from the Indian fans at the time of a failure at the biggest level of the game.

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Currently, a similar is happening with the senior Indian opener KL Rahul who is on the receiving end of harsh criticism and trolling from the Indian following his miserable run in the eighth edition of the 20-20 World Cup.

While criticizing KL Rahul in the aftermath of India’s defeat against England, some of the fans went the extra mile ahead to release their angst over the 30-year-old. They dragged his girlfriend and Bollywood actress Athiya Shetty while lashing out at KL for his performances in the 20-20 World Cup 2022.

Here’re some of the reactions when fans happened to mention Athiya Shett in the criticism of KL:

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Speaking about the stats of the Karnataka batter in the 20-20 World Cup 2022, he could score only 128 runs in six innings with a below-par average of 21.33 having two half-centuries to his name. Notably, the Lucknow skipper of the Indian T20 League scored these two half-centuries in the 20-20 World Cup against lower-ranked teams like Bangladesh and Zimbabwe in the last two super-12 matches of the Indian team.

Following the World Cup 2022, the Indian team will be in action in the three-match T20I series against New Zealand under the captaincy of star all-rounder Hardik Pandya. The senior players including the likes of KL Rahul himself, skipper Rohit Sharma, and Virat Kohli have been rested from this three-match T20I series against the Kiwis.