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“Destiny is all,” Twitter reacts as KL Rahul goes from being reserve opener to Indian captain in 6 months

KL Rahul was not a certain starter in Indian test XI before England tour

When KL Rahul was picked in the Indian test squad for the tour of England 6 months ago, he was the 4th opener in the squad. Even when Shubman Gill got injured, it was Mayank Agarwal who was in line to play the first test and it’s when Agarwal also got injured that KL Rahul got his opportunity to play.

From being the 4th opener of the test squad only 6 months ago, Rahul today came out to toss the coin as the captain of India in the second test against South Africa in what was a dramatic turn of events.

It was only in the last test series against New Zealand that Ajinkya Rahane was the vice-captain of the Indian test team. Even when Rahane was removed because of his poor form, Rohit Sharma was given the vice-captaincy of the test team and Virat Kohli was kept on as captain.

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Nobody even in his wildest of dreams at that point of time would have thought that come the second test against South Africa, it would be KL Rahul captaining India in a test match. But, first Rohit Sharma injured his hamstring and got ruled out of the tour and then Virat Kohli sustained an upper back spasm on the eve of the second test match, paving the way for Rahul to take up the test captaincy dramatically.

KL Rahul will also captain India in the upcoming 3-match ODI series against South Africa

Rahul has already been appointed the captain of the ODI side that will play a 3-match series on this tour, and now he is captaining in a test match as well, which he himself would not have anticipated at the start of the tour. The Indian fans had no idea half an hour before the toss that Rahul was going to lead India in the Wanderers test and when they saw him out with Dean Elgar at the toss, nobody could believe it.

On one hand, there was disappointment among the fans that Kohli was missing a test match which can potentially be a historical test match for India, as they can win their first-ever test series in South Africa by winning this test, but on the other hand, the Indian fans were also very happy for Rahul who has seen an unbelievable rise in the last few months.

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Here is how Twitter reacted when KL Rahul came out to toss today –

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Abhishek

I write a bit on cricket and I am more interested in technical and tactical side of the game, rather than bravado.

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