India vs Bangladesh 2017,One-off Test, Day 4: 5 talking points

#4 KL Rahul’s poor form continues

No doubt KL Rahul has immense potential but at the moment he is on a grey patch

KL Rahul had a year to remember in 2016. He became the first man to score hundreds in all formats of the game with a six. However, barring his 71 against England in the T20I, he has failed miserably to continue the same form in 2017.

In the on-going Test against Bangladesh, all the Indian batsmen thrived on a pitch that was meant for batting except Rahul. The Karnataka batsman chased a ball pitched fuller outside off stump only to drag it back on to his stumps. Surely, he will be ruing that mistake because he attempted it in the very first over of the innings.

However, the circumstances were completely different in the second innings. India batted just one session to set a formidable target for Bangladesh. He failed again after edging one to the keeper. Rahul now has embarrassing figures from the one-off Test with just 2 & 10. It will be interesting to see how long Kohli persists with the highly talented yet underperforming Rahul.