Former India player Venkatesh Prasad has again roasted captain Rohit Sharma and head coach Rahul Dravid for persisting with flop and worst performer KL Rahul in Test cricket.
In a series of tweets, Prasad highlighted the performances of Mayank Agarwal, Shubman Gill and Sarfaraz Khan and accused the management of ignoring the top performers.
KL scored 17 in the first innings of the second Test before he was dismissed by Nathan Lyon.
“And the torrid run continues. More to do with rigidity of the management to persist with a player who just hasn’t looked the part. No top order batsman in atleast last 20 years of Indian cricket has played these many tests with such a low average.
“His inclusion is deliberately denying talented guys, in form guys an opportunity to be in the 11.Shikhar had a test avg of 40+ , Mayank has of 41+ with 2 double hundreds, Shubman Gill in sublime form, Sarfaraz never ending wait.. Many domestic performances constantly ignored.
“His inclusion shakes belief in Justice. SS Das had great potential,so did S Ramesh, both averaged 38+but did not get beyond 23 test matches. Rahul’s consistent inclusion gives an impression of lack of batting talent in India which isn’t true. Last 5 years his avg is below 27 in 47 innings.
“As per me ,he is currently not amongst the current 10 best opener’s in India but is being given endless chances. Guys like Kuldeep Yadav put in man of the match performances and next game are dropped with theories like Horses for courses. In any course ,KL is not a horse. Sad,” he wrote.