WATCH – MS Dhoni’s reaction wins hearts as KL Rahul plays a glamorous flick shot against Namibia in T20 World Cup

WATCH – MS Dhoni’s reaction wins hearts as KL Rahul plays a glamorous flick shot against Namibia in T20 World Cup

KL Rahul and MS Dhoni

Team India’s journey at the ongoing 2021 ICC T20 World Cup came to an end after an early exit from the tournament. However, the Virat Kohli-led side signed off on a decent note with three consecutive wins against Afghanistan, Scotland, and Namibia.

India registered an emphatic victory of nine wickets against Namibia in the last Super 12 match on Monday. KL Rahul, who smashed an unbeaten half-century, played some outstanding shots during his knock.

During the 12th over of the second innings, the right-handed batter played an elegant flick shot for four runs against Micheal van Lingen. This boundary also grabbed the eyeballs of the Indian team’s mentor MS Dhoni’s eyeballs. His reaction to Rahul’s shot soon went viral on social media.

Here’s the full video of the incident from the IND vs NAM match: 

KL Rahul announced vice-captain for India vs New Zealand T20Is

KL Rahul
KL Rahul

Opening batter Rohit Sharma has been named as the new captain of the national side for the shortest format ahead of the home series against New Zealand. His partner, Rahul has also been given added responsibility as he will be the deputy of the Mumbaikar.

Some of the experienced players such as Virat Kohli, Jasprit Bumrah, Mohammed Shami, Shardul Thakur and Ravindra Jadeja have been rested. The 2021 T20 World Cup members – Hardik Pandya and Varun Chakravarthy are also not there in the list of 16 players for the white-ball matches against the Blackcaps. On the other hand, plenty of new faces in form of Ruturaj Gaikwad, Venkatesh Iyer, and Harshal Patel have found their place in the side.

Here is the full Indian squad for the New Zealand series:

Rohit Sharma (Captain), KL Rahul (Vice-Captain), Ruturaj Gaikwad, Shreyas Iyer, Suryakumar Yadav, Rishabh Pant (Wicket-keeper), Ishan Kishan (Wicket-keeper), Venkatesh Iyer, Yuzvendra Chahal, Ravichandran Ashwin, Axar Patel, Avesh Khan, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Deepak Chahar, Harshal Patel, and Mohammed Siraj

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