Indian captain KL Rahul was at his hilarious finest in the course of the ongoing third ODI towards South Africa. The sequence decider between the 2 groups is happening at Boland Park in Paarl.
KL Rahul behind the stumps has been spot-on within the sport. Be it, maintaining, taking DRS calls, and captaincy, he has been good. Nonetheless, he stole the limelight with the cheeky query he requested South African spinner Keshav Maharaj.
As Keshav Maharaj got here out to bat after the autumn of Wiaan Mulder’s wicket, the DJ on the stadium performed the ‘Ram Siya Ram’ track. India’s captain seemed shocked by it and he cheekily went to the South Africa spinner and requested him whether or not DJ performs this track each time he comes out to bat.
Within the video that has gone viral on the web, KL Rahul was heard asking Keshav Maharaj: “Keshav bhai each time you come to bat they play this track.” Replying to which the Proteas spinner stated: “Ya”.
Right here’s the video:
Hahahahha….Rahul- “Keshav bhai, each time you come, they play this track (Ram Siya Ram) 🤍🤍🤍 pic.twitter.com/79NtNEbomk
— tea_addict 🇮🇳 (@on_drive23) December 21, 2023
Keshav Maharaj batted properly within the sport and regardless of dropping wickets on the different finish, he tried to remain there until the top however it couldn’t occur. He additionally survived an in depth name as he was given out lbw by umpire however he took the DRS and saved his wicket. He scored 14 runs off 27 balls earlier than he was eliminated by Arshdeep Singh.
KL Rahul on the opposite has been nothing wanting distinctive within the sport. After making a helpful contribution with the bat, he has made good bowling modifications He additionally has taken staggering catches aside from nailing the DRS calls.
Bowlers have put India within the dominant place within the ongoing sport. They’re on the verge of successful the sport as they’ve eliminated all of the frontline batters, placing South Africa below stress.
A win right here would imply that India will clinch the sequence by the margin of 2-1. They kickstarted the sequence on excessive by thumping the opposition by 8 wickets. Nonetheless, after that, Proteas made a powerful comeback within the second sequence to stage the sequence.
IND vs SA: KL Rahul makes a helpful contribution with the bat
Indian captain KL Rahul, who slammed an important half-century, performed a good knock with the bat within the ongoing sport. He got here to bat when India misplaced each the openers early. Though he didn’t rating massive, his innings at the moment have been a lot wanted because it introduced the crew again on monitor.
KL Rahul added important 52 runs with Sanju Samson (108) and bailed the crew out of bother once they misplaced each the openers inside 50 runs. The captain ended with the knock of 21 runs off 35 balls.
Other than Samson, Tilak Varma (52) and Rinku Singh (38) performed important fingers for the crew as they posted a complete of 296 runs on the board. Within the second innings, Indian bowlers have been all around the Proteas batter as they picked wickets at common intervals and put them below stress. Tony de Zorzi was the star batter for his aspect and scored 81 runs.
