Indian cricketer KL Rahul is fighting to earn his spot in the Indian Test playing XI. However, the right-handed batter stunned everyone with his bizarre dismissal during the unofficial Test match against Australia A.

India A are playing against Australia A in the last game of the two-match unofficial Test series. India A started their second innings of the second game at MCG by trailing 62 runs, and KL Rahul opened with Abhimanyu Easwaran. Both the players are fighting for the opening spot for the five-match Test series opener against the hosts Australia, as captain Rohit Sharma is doubtful for the first Test. 

While Easwaran scored a duck in the first innings, Rahul only managed to score four runs in that innings. 

Once again, Easwaran failed to impress, as he was out for 17 runs during India A’s second innings. Meanwhile, KL Rahul was trying hard to stay in the crease while he didn’t get a solid partner at the other end.

What was KL Rahul thinking?

While India A were struggling at 44/3, Rahul had a bafflement. Facing the off-spinner Corey Rocchiccioli, Rahul took the delivery casually, which was going towards the leg side. However, the ball hit the top of his left pad, changed the direction, and took off the off-stump bail.

"Don't know what he was thinking!"

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It was completely a poor and baffling dismissal. Even the commentators were asking what Rahul was thinking there. The right-handed batter was dismissed for 10 runs off 44 balls as India A were struggling at 44/4. 

Dhruv Jurel, who scored the fighting 80-run knock in the first innings to help India A score 161 runs, is battling once again in the second innings as he was not out for 19 runs at the stumps of the day where India A were struggling at 73/5 with a lead of 11 runs.

Rahul and Easwaran both disappointed

After scoring 0 and 12 during the Bengaluru Test against New Zealand, it was Rahul’s first game where he was dismissed for four and 10 runs. As the uncapped Abhimanyu Easwaran also failed in his four innings for India A in the ongoing Australia tour, where he scored 7, 12, 0, and 17, team India will struggle to choose the opening partner of Yashsavi Jaiswal for the first Test, where the captain’s presence is doubtful.