In the Lord's Test match against England, a controversial decision by indian opener KL rahul turned the match around and ultimately became a major reason for India's defeat. Rahul's decision, in a hurry to complete his century before the lunch break in the first innings, caused a huge debate when he ran out rishabh pant, who was playing well. Former indian team player Robin Uthappa has strongly criticized the incident.
This controversial incident occurred during the third day of play in the first innings of the Lord's Test match between india and England. KL rahul and rishabh pant were in a strong position with a 141-run stand for the 4th wicket. With just a few minutes left before the lunch break, rahul was on 99.
At that time, rishabh pant was forced to run. pant, who was trying to run for Rahul's century, was run out. Due to this run-out, the indian team lost the opportunity to take a strong lead. In the end, they could only equal the first innings score of 387 runs set by England. The indian team lost this match by 22 runs. Speaking on this issue on his YouTube channel, former indian player Robin Uthappa has strongly criticized KL Rahul's decision. "Did anyone ask rahul why it was so important to score his century before the lunch break? There must have been a reason for it. Why did that idea come up? Why was it seriously considered? If anyone had asked, we could have gone back to the beginning of this whole thing about milestones," Uthappa questioned.

However, Uthappa also offered his opinion on what the conversation between rahul and pant might have been like. "Rahul and pant might have said that we are both settled, and we need to play aggressively. 'If I score a century before the lunch break, we can start attacking immediately after the break. When I get aggressive, you (Rishabh) hold the wicket. Let's take this game completely over,'" Uthappa explained.
Noting that team success is more important than individual runs for Australian or english players, Uthappa said that milestones are more important for indian players. He blamed the indian media and critics for this.

Uthappa also criticized the IPL series, which shows even ordinary achievements as milestones. Recently, he pointed out that his former teammate suryakumar yadav broke the record of scoring 25+ runs in the IPL 14 times in a row. "Everything is a milestone now. 25 runs is what a player like suryakumar yadav can score in an over. At least keep it to 40 runs. We exaggerate the statistics and milestones," Uthappa said.
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Sowmiya Sriram

18/07/2025 12:14 PM