KL Rahul shouldn't be singled out for lack of runs, feels Gautam Gambhir

Former India opener Gautam Gambhir feels that it is a tad unfair to single out KL Rahul for scathing criticism as every player goes through lean phases in their respective careersIn his last 10 Test innings Rahul has averaged a dismal 125 with not a single score of above 25 His sequence of scores read 8 10 12 22 23 10 2 20 17 and 1 raising questions about his place in the playing XIThere are strong calls to induct Shubman Gill in playing XIKL Rahul should not be dropped from the Indian side One should not single out any player Everyone goes through a lean patch No one no cricket pundit or anyone should tell him that he is not doing well and be dropped Gambhir told PTI during an interaction on the sidelines of IPL preseason camp organised by Lucknow Super GiantsAlso Read Aakash Chopra And Venkatesh Prasad Engage In Bitter Twitter War Over KL RahulGambhir is the mentor of LSG and Rahul is the skipper of the same franchiseThe twotime IPL champion former captain of KKR also cited current India captain Rohit Sharmas example of how he was backed to the hilt by the erstwhile team management so that he is successful in Test cricket Once Rohit started opening things looked up for him in traditional formatYou have to back players who have talent Look at Rohit Sharma He also had a lean patch Look at the way he started his career He had a late flourish Compared earlier times to how he is performing now Everyone could see his talent and backed him Now see the result He is going great guns Rahul can do the same Gammbhir seemed confident of his abilitiesThe southpaw is of the opinion that if the team is winning matches comfortably there is no point in tinkering with winning combination and single out one player for harsh treatmentIndia is 20 up and not 02 down So lets not axe anyone and appreciate the teams performance I think the Indian team management is right in backing KL Rahul He is a great player He had scored runs in international cricketOn the Indian womens teams semifinal encounter against Australia in ICC T20 World Cup Gambhir said I think India has got the talent to beat AustraliaObviously Australia is a good team but I am sure the Indian womens team has the potential to beat Australia If you can play those 240 balls better than Australia then the team can beat themWhile Indian women lost badly to England in a group league match Gambhir feels that they have been consistent enoughI think the Indian team has been very consistent the way they are playing this tournament Now the occasions should not matter You know people will talk about the semifinal ultimately it is not the occasion it is the contest of the bat and ball he addedOn inaugural Womens Premier League WPL he said it was a historic step taken by the BCCI We keep talking about gender equality What better than this to have gender equality and I am sure it is going to promote a lot of young girls to start playing cricket and I think WPL can go a long wayThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever