“Why Are You Thinking About Next Youngster?”: KL Rahul Hits Out At ‘Decision Makers’ | Cricket News-OxBig News Network

Team India has rolled into a brand new chapter in Test cricket, with Shubman Gill being made the facet’s captain, whereas Rishabh Pant takes the function of his deputy. The transition comes after the retirement of stalwarts like Virat Kohli, Rohit Sharma, and Ravichandran Ashwin. The Ajit Agarkar-led choice committee, in a press convention on Saturday, made it clear that the main target is to groom the subsequent technology. Though one other veteran India batter, KL Rahul, is a part of the Test squad, he is not completely onboard with the push to groom the subsequent technology of expertise.

In a dialog with Nasser Hussain on Sky Cricket, Rahul shared the strain of getting to show himself again and again. While the wicket-keeper batter categorically mentioned that he would not thoughts doing that, because it’s a part of an athlete’s life, issues get powerful when the ‘decision-makers’ neglect what a participant did in latest outings.

“I do not thoughts having to show himself. I feel that is how sports activities go. You by no means settle. And it is simply not for me, it is for each one who performs a sport. You must all the time carry out, each match, each recreation, and that is the problem of being a world athlete. I see the identical quantity of competitors for English, Aussie, or Kiwi gamers,” Rahul mentioned.

“That’s not what’s arduous. The arduous half is that individuals who make choices appear to neglect what a participant has carried out within the latest match. That has been just a little little bit of a problem for me,” he additional mentioned.

As Rahul’s Indian Premier League (IPL) marketing campaign concludes, he is not completely positive when India’s subsequent ODI project goes to be. The 33-year-old feels intensive gaps between assignments set off talks of ‘groom the subsequent technology’ out of the blue, a lot to his disappointment.

“I do not know when the subsequent ODI collection might be, however by the point the English summer time will get over, which might be about 5 (three) months, you see individuals writing and commenting that we have to search for gamers for the 2027 World Cup or the subsequent World Cup after. And generally, as a participant, you sit again and assume, ‘why ought to there be a change when one thing’s working for you? Why are you occupied with the subsequent teenager already?'” Rahul mentioned.

“But I do not assume it is a problem for me. It’s for everyone else.”