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KL Rahul shuts journalist for taking dig at Virat Kohli's form in red-ball cricket (Image Source: Twitter)
India are on to face off Bangladesh in a two-match Test series set to get underway on December 14, Wednesday and KL Rahul is all set to lead the team in Rohit Sharma's absence as the Indian captain sustained an injury during the second match of the ODI series. It will be a series to watch out for, given that the Indian squad will be donning the whites after quite a long time and it remains to be seen if they could make a comeback in red-ball cricket as well.
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Virat Kohli, the Indian batter, managed to make a comeback post his break in the Asia Cup and the 20-20 World Cup 2022. Eventually, the Indian superstar has scored 2 centuries across the T20I and the ODI format so far this year and a journalist, who took cognizance of the same, said that it was high time Kohli scored a century in the longest format of the game as well.
"Virat hasn't had a particularly good year as far as red-ball cricket is concerned. We all know how great a player he is. Now that he has got a T20 century and a hundred in the ODIs as well, do you think his 'poor form' is behind now?" a reporter asked Rahul ahead of the first Test.
Ahead of the series, Rahul attended a press conference and was anguished by the question, who in turn replied that India have not played a lot of Test matches this year and the journalist, therefore, was not in the right vision to ask about Kohli's form in the format. Notably, the right-handed batter has been struggling in the longest format and it remains to be seen if would shut his critics in this format as well.
We haven't played too much Test cricket: KL Rahul
India are on the brink of a complete revamp of their team setup, given that they have been losing series back to back. The Men in Blue lost the ODI series 2-1 and the fans were hurt by the same, as India are known for winning matches and proving their prowess time and time again.
"We haven't really played too much Test cricket for you to pass that statement. He has been in good form; he has done really well for us in T20 cricket. Recently, he got that hundred against Bangladesh here. Obviously, he will take some confidence into the Test matches as well,” Rahul was quoted as saying in reply to the journalist.