- KL Rahul: After suffering a crushing defeat in the first match against New Zealand, the Indian team led by Rohit Sharma is ready to play the second Test. Both the teams are facing each other in Pune for this clash.
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KL Rahul: After suffering a crushing defeat in the first match at the hands of New Zealand, the Indian team led by Rohit Sharma is ready to play the second Test. Both teams are face to face in Pune for this clash. After winning the toss, Kiwi captain Tom Latham decided to bat first. India has made many big changes in its playing eleven for this match. Fast bowler Mohammad Siraj and batsman KL Rahul, who flopped in Bangalore, have been benched, after which cricket fans are seen giving different reactions on social media.
KL Rahul was in trouble
The second match of the three-match Test series between India and New Zealand is being played at the Maharashtra Cricket Association Stadium in Pune. After losing the Bengaluru Test, the Indian players would like to give a tough challenge to the Kiwi team in this clash. Many changes have been seen in Team India’s playing in the Pune Test. Captain Rohit Sharma and head coach Gautam Gambhir have taken a big decision by dropping Mohammad Siraj and KL Rahul. Apart from this, Kuldeep Yadav has also been shown the way out of the playing eleven.
Mohammad Siraj was out of the team
Shubman Gill has been included in the playing eleven in place of KL Rahul , while Akash Deep got a chance in the team as a replacement for Mohammad Siraj. Talking about Kuldeep Yadav, he was replaced by Washington Sundar. Indian cricket fans are very happy with the dropping of KL Rahul and Mohammad Siraj. Actually, the performance of these two batsmen was not good at all in the last match. While KL Rahul was able to score a total of 12 runs, Mohammad Siraj got only one wicket.
Fans react to KL-Siraj being out of the team
🚨 Team Update 🚨
— BCCI (@BCCI) October 24, 2024
3⃣ changes for #TeamIndia in the 2nd Test
A look at our Playing XI 👌👌
Live – https://t.co/YVjSnKCtlI#INDvNZ | @IDFCFIRSTBank pic.twitter.com/O3DFFmNF7r
No KL RAHUL for Pune test
— AllRounder Analyyst (@AllAnalyysstt) October 24, 2024
Kuldeep & siraj also droped
Gill,Sundar,akash deep are in #INDvsNZ pic.twitter.com/RNixY6Lh9h