Video: Referee warns KL Rahul for late withdrawal against Rabada, batter apologizes
On the first day of the second test between India and South Africa, there was a conversation between KL Rahul and the referee whose voice was captured on the stump microphone. His video is now going viral on fan social media. On the first day of the test match at Johannesburg’s Wanderers Stadium, referee Marais Erasmus gave a warning to KL Rahul, which was recorded on the stump microphone.
Rahul won the toss and decided to hit first. In India’s fifth over innings, Rahul retired late in Kagiso Rabada’s over. On the third ball of the over, Rabada was about to pitch, but Rahul retired, forcing the South African pitcher to stop at the last second. Batter Rahul wasn’t ready to face the ball at the time.
To this, the referee said: “Try to go fast KL”. On this, Rahul immediately said “sorry” to the referee.
Let us tell you that Duane Olivier fired batsmen Cheteshwar Pujara and Ajinkya Rahane, struggling poorly, as India played without Virat Kohli in 53 runs through lunch on the first day of the second cricket test against South Africa on Monday. miss a wicket.
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Olivier, who had given up hope of playing for England, came out to play the first Test for South Africa after three years and caught Rahane (00) on the next ball slip after firing Pujara (three runs on 33 balls) in a bouncing ball. I did it
Acting captain Lokesh Rahul (19 runs on 84 balls) and Hanuma Vihari (04) were on the fold, leading the Indian Test team for the first time at lunch.
(With PTI inputs)
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