'First wicket for KL Rahul' - Fans blame KL Rahul for the early dismissal of skipper Rohit Sharma

Indian team is playing against Hong Kong in their second match of the Asia Cup 2022 against Hong Kong. Hong Kong skipper Nizakat Khan won the toss and asked the Indians to bat first at the Dubai International Cricket Stadium. Skipper Rohit Sharma and senior batter KL Rahul came to open the innings for India.

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With some quick hits from skipper Rohit Sharma, India got a strong start as they scored 38 runs in just 4.5 overs. But things went south for India suddenly when Rohit Sharma fell prey to Ayush Shukla and got caught by Aizaz Khan at the individual score of 21 off 13 balls with two boundaries and a six.

When Rohit got out, KL Rahul was playing only on 18 runs off 14 balls. This dismissal of the skipper didn’t go down well with the Indian cricket fans and they start blaming KL Rahul for this. This is because of the fact that KL Rahul was playing very slow and Rohit Sharma felt the pressure of scoring runs quickly. It eventually resulted in his early dismissal.

Fans immediately took to Twitter for lashing out at KL Rahul for his less responsible attitude in a very crucial match of the tournament.

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Here’s how Twitter reacted:

Rohit Sharma get out after playing a T20I inning 21(13) with Sr of 161+ and KL Rahul 15(19) with SR of 78 is still batting. Statpading at best 🙌.

— Vishal. (@SportyVishal) August 31, 2022

First international wicket of KL Rahul- Rohit Sharma

— Mufadaal Vohra (@musafir_hu_yar) August 31, 2022

First wicket for KL Rahul..

Dismissed the well settled Rohit Sharma.

— 𝐇𝐲𝐝𝐫𝐨𝐠𝐞𝐧 ²⁶⁴ (@Hydro45__) August 31, 2022

Not the first time Rahul putting pressure on Rohit Sharma

— Ansh Shah (@asmemesss) August 31, 2022

That's KL Rahul taking Rohit Sharma wicket.

KL Rahul is perpetually coming in form. Just tell him that you will going to get Orange cap for each tournament. Just to motivate him!#IndvsHkg

— Amogh Mhatre 🇮🇳 (@aamoghh) August 31, 2022

KL Rahul takes wicket of Rohit Sharma.
Kl puts dit ball pressure on Rohit he gets out

— only cricket (@rr3815126) August 31, 2022

KL Rahul defensive approach is reason of rohit sharma today's wicket. Don't know why he is in team. For doing statpadding.#IndvsHkg #IndvsHkg #AsiaCupT20 #AsiaCup2022

— DeshBhakt (@cricket24000) August 31, 2022

Rohit Sharma deserves a better Opener than KL Rahul#INDvsHK

— 𓃵 Ctrl C + Ctrl Memes 45 (@Ctrlmemes_) August 31, 2022

#IndvsHkg

Rohit Sharma waiting for KL Rahul in dressing room : pic.twitter.com/ftzyjcDne2

— 𓃵 Ctrl C + Ctrl Memes 45 (@Ctrlmemes_) August 31, 2022

Speaking of the match, then India has currently scored 81 runs in 11.2 overs having KL Rahul and Virat Kohli there in the middle. KL has scored 34 runs off 35 balls with two sixes whereas Kohli is on 24 runs off 23 balls with a boundary to his name. Ayush Shukla has scalped the first wicket for Hong Kong.

Earlier in the tournament, Indians have beaten the arch-rivals Pakistan in their first match by a margin of five wickets. Hardik Pandya was awarded player of the match for his match-winning all-round performance. The 28-year-old first scalped 3 wickets with the ball and then later score a match-winning 33 runs off just 17 balls to cross the line for India.