KL Rahul of Team India received considerable acclaim for his consistent efforts with the bat and gloves throughout the 2023 ODI World Cup.
KL Rahul scored a hard-fought half-century in the crucial final against Australia on November 19 in Ahmedabad. He was India’s leading run-scorer in the summit battle, with 66 runs.
India’s rampage came to an end in the final, as they were swept out for a below-par score of 240. Australia easily chased down the goal with six wickets in hand to win their sixth ODI World Cup.
KL Rahul posted an impassioned message on social media four days after India’s tragic defeat. He stated:
KL Rahul scored 452 runs in 10 innings, averaging 75.33. The middle-order batter from India completed with two fifties and a century. He had the second-most dismissals of any wicketkeeper in the tournament, with 17.
Gautam Gambhir thinks KL Rahul should have batted more aggressive in the 2023 World Cup final
KL Rahul scored 66 runs off 107 deliveries in the World Cup final against Australia. Former cricketer Gautam Gambhir, who was unimpressed with the right-handed batter’s approach, stated that Rahul could have showed more desire.
Gambhir suggested that had Rohit Sharma and company scored around 310, they would have been proclaimed world champions.
Gambhir told Sportskeeda in an exclusive interview:
“Virat Kohli has played a role of anchoring the innings, but the rest all should have been aggressive. KL (Rahul) should have gone. What harm would it have caused? We would have been 150 all out. But had we been brave, we could’ve scored 310 and India would have been world champions. This is not the 1990s. 240 is not a good score at all. You need 300-plus totals. India were not brave enough.”
Gautam Gambhir
Rahul has been rested for India’s forthcoming five-match home T20I series against Australia, which begins on November 23 in Visakhapatnam.
