The poor type of KL Rahul hasn’t simply turn into a headache for the Indian cricket staff but additionally some former cricketers. The likes of Venkatesh Prasad and Aakash Chopra have been standing at excessive ends of the talk, with the previous asking for the opening batter to be axed from the staff, whereas the latter siding with the staff administration’s determination. Prasad and Chopra even locked horns on Twitter over the topic. Going a step ahead, Aakash Chopra posted an in depth video on his YouTube channel, ridiculing Prasad’s criticism.

“He (Prasad) didn’t even write about Shubman’s home numbers. Because you are showing averages, he has played 11 innings at home in which his average is 26.3. I am saying that you shouldn’t judge Shubman Gill with averages. He is a damn good player. He is a better player than that but use the same yardstick for the others.

“He has proven 14 abroad innings through which he has a mean of 37, through which he has conveniently not spoken about SENA nations. If we see solely SENA, his numbers may also not be that good. His away numbers are trying good due to Bangladesh,” Chopra said in a video.

Prasad highlighted a few names while doing KL Rahul’s statistical comparisons with some other players on Twitter. The former India pacer had picked the likes of Shikhar Dhawan, Mayank Agarwal, Shubman Gill, and Ajinkya Rahane as gamers who’ve sure information which are higher than Rahul.

Shikhar Dhawan has the best overseas average amongst recent openers. Avg of nearly 40 with 5 100’s. Though he too hasn’t been consistent in Test but had Outstanding centuries in SL and NZ, plus a much better home record. pic.twitter.com/rH94R0a3A0

— Venkatesh Prasad (@venkateshprasad) February 20, 2023

However, Chopra asserted that Prasad has cherry-picked stats he wanted to highlight while ignoring a few other stats which don’t paint as pleasant a picture as he wanted to.

“He has spoken about Shikhar Dhawan’s greatest abroad common – that he has a mean of 39. He conveniently missed the SENA nations. If we speak about SENA nations, Shikhar Dhawan’s common is 26. He scored a century in New Zealand however aside from that, he would not have a century in any SENA nation.”

“He requested us to not see Mayank Agarwal’s abroad common, which is definitely 25. Mayank Agarwal may be very near my coronary heart. If we depart apart Mayank’s type during the last three months, he hasn’t scored runs within the final two years, not even in first-class cricket,” Chopra said, firing shots at Prasad’s criticism.

“When you see these numbers, you’ll say that Mayank might be not within the opening slot’s race in the mean time. No one is speaking about him. Getting Mayank’s identify on this debate did not make sense,” he added.

Towards the end of the video, Chopra even urged Prasad to stay calm and not peddle ‘agendas’ if there are any or highlight stats that suit his thoughts.

“I’m not saying KL Rahul will turn into like Rohit Sharma however I humbly request you to remain calm. If there are any agendas, let’s not peddle them. Let’s speak concerning the numbers which are truly there and never people who fit your ideas,” he careworn.

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