KL Rahul had an excellent outing within the just lately 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 indicate 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 ft however Rahul stopped them and took footage with them as an alternative.

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.

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

But KL Rahul remained absent from the facet.

To this, Chopra questioned on his Youtube Channel that what fallacious KL had finished, particularly after having an excellent ICC Cricket World Cup final 12 months with the bat. He additionally identified that Rohit didn’t do properly in T20 WC 2022 and did properly within the 50-over match subsequent 12 months to earn his manner again within the group.

“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,” mentioned 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)