“Don’t Criticise On Social Media”: Gautam Gambhir On Ex-India Stars Blasting KL Rahul

The debate over KL Rahul‘s poor kind doesn’t appear to cease quickly. The opening batter gave a forgettable efficiency within the first two Tests towards Australia, the place he may solely handle to attain 38 runs. His inclusion within the Playing XI over in-form Shubman Gill has raised a variety of questions on how gamers are being chosen within the Indian workforce. Former India pacer Venkatesh Prasad, amongst others, has been fairly vocal on Rahul repeatedly getting probability within the Indian paying XI. However, former India opener Gautam Gambhir got here in assist of Rahul and urged the previous cricketers to not criticise the opening batter on the social media.

“I would definitely want to say about all that buzz created on social media. Look, if you want to help someone out or if you want to criticise someone, you might as well criticise behind closed doors. You don’t criticise on social media….the social media things that happen is probably to increase the followers and create the narrative,” Gautam Gambhir informed Times Now.

“I think when India is in the middle of a series…whether getting selected or not getting selected is none of the experts’ job; it’s the selectors’ job. When India is 2-0 up, it’s now 2-0 down, and more importantly, when someone is down, he should be backed – it’s not that because he is the captain of LSG – I absolutely believe that when you need support, that’s when players and everyone should give him support.”

Gambhir has labored with Rahul as a part of the Lucknow Super Giants franchise within the Indian Premier League (IPL).

In 2022, Rahul has scored only one half century and has scored at a median of 17.12. During the continued Test collection towards Australia, he failed to attain large within the first Test match and within the second encounter in Delhi, he may solely handle scores of 17 and 1.

Talking about the Border-Gavaskar Trophy, Team India have taken 2-0 lead within the four-match collection towards Australia. Both the groups, will now sq. off towards one another within the third Test from March 1 in Indore.

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