‌BGT | Twitter reacts as KL turns leader to reprimand Rohit for lack of clear communication

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Great leaders rise to their true potential only when the going gets tough -- be it Ajinkya Rahane on the last tour Down Under, Jasprit Bumrah in Perth, or now KL Rahul in Brisbane. The opener, apart from anchoring a faltering innings, was quick to let his skipper know of his mistake on Monday.

India found themselves down and out at the end of a rain-interrupted Day 4 as the top-order collapsed to leave the visitors reeling at 51/4 in pursuit of Australia's first innings total of 445. None of India's top six, barring KL Rahul unbeaten on 33, managed to reach double figures with Rohit Sharma at the other end yet to open his account. However, even in the brief six-ball stay of the Indian skipper, the duo managed to get into a mix-up that nearly cost the team a precious fifth wicket right before the final rain break of the day.

Rahul rocked back to a stock Nathan Lyon delivery on the penultimate delivery of the 16th over and nudged the ball off his pads towards midwicket, hoping for a quick single. Pat Cummins was sharp on his feet to glide to his right inside the circle as a cacophony of yes and nos erupted in the middle of the deck but much to the Men in Blue's fortunes, the Australian captain failed to collect the ball cleanly and the run was completed. In the aftermath, Rohit asked KL to let the ball pass through the region when taking a single given the risk it entails, saying, "KL, Jane de udhar se." However, his experienced partner quickly shot back with a request to make calls early, "Pehle hi boldo, me piche chala jaunga."

Even though there was no animosity in their tones, a sense of tension certainly persisted given the circumstances and Twitterati was quick to pick up on it.

Mixup

pic.twitter.com/yWl4ZYSk4m
— DJ Sinha (@sdj374531) December 16, 2024

Open time

Once again they are going to open the inning. Rohit Sharma and KL Rahul #INDvAUS #AUSvsIND #ViratKohli pic.twitter.com/FobJKv4Urj
— M. WI🕊️ (@mugalwasif) December 16, 2024

LOL

Rohit Sharma:- KL Jane de udhar se

KL Rahul :- Pehle hi boldo, me piche chala jaunga.😂🔥pic.twitter.com/yPNQmfE72u
— Ꮶʀɪꜱʜ 𝕏 🚩 (@king_krish007) December 16, 2024

Again

Once again they are going to open the inning. Rohit Sharma and KL Rahul #INDvAUS #AUSvsIND #ViratKohli pic.twitter.com/FobJKv4Urj
— M. WI🕊️ (@mugalwasif) December 16, 2024

He can bat

In this pitch kl rahul and rohit can bat well this condition looks same as england and rohit was out in 2nd test by lbw and bowled but in this pitch u can't get lbw it's hard u can get out by slip catches so if they manage to play new ball then they will score big #INDvAUS
— Yogesh (@22m_yoog) December 16, 2024

Rain day

So Rain now again and that should be it for Day 3!

Two more days to survive and save this Test with rain helping even more on Dat 4 & Day 5 with forecasts really poor for heavy thunderstorms!

Kl Rahul and Rohit Sharma at the crease! #bordergavaskartrophy2024 #GabbaTest
— Souvik 45© (@SouvikPurkaya16) December 16, 2024

Love it

Absolutely loving the way, KL Rahul is sheltering Rohit Sharma like a tailender#INDvsAUS
— رضوی صاحب| Rizvi Sahab (@RealRizvi) December 16, 2024

Control

KL Rahul is making garland of cover drive in this series. Playing drives in Aus is not an easy task, even great Sachin had also suppressed his shots in his famous knock at SCG,this shows how much ctrl & accuracy KL has,he just owns it. #KLRahul #INDvAUS #BGT24 #rohit #ViratKohli pic.twitter.com/KNhaYpE07n
— KL Rajat 👑 (@klrahul_galaxy) December 16, 2024

Scored

KL Rahul scored 32 runs out of our total 50 yes same Kl Rahul who was sacked by captain (inform)Rohit Sharma and (Hitler mindset)Coach GG
— ` (@sur4jjj) December 16, 2024

Big partnership