After Rishabh Pant got injured during the last match between India and Australia at the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai it was KL Rahul who stepped into the shoes of the wicket-keeper batsman for the second ODI at the Saurashtra Cricket Association, Rajkot. Now, in the second match, KL Rahul impressed the fans with his amazing glove work to dismiss the Australian captain Aaron Finch. KL Rahul pulled off an MS Dhoni during the game, thus leaving the Twitterati in awe. India vs Australia, Cricket Score 2nd ODI Match.

While a few netizens compared KL Rahul with MS Dhoni, a few others labelled him a better wicket-keeper than Rishabh Pant. The dismissal happened when the local boy Ravindra Jadeja was handling the bowling duties as it tossed it up and lured the batsman to play a big shot. The ball got edged outside and went to the keeper. KL Rahul’s lightning-quick stumping helped India get the second wicket as Aaron Finch for out on 33 runs. The netizens praised KL Rahul for the stumping. First, check out the video below:

Tweets: 

The future

Next MS Dhoni

Great form!

Top Class Stumping

Rishabh Pant After Watching KL Rahul

Better than Pant

Comparison between Pant & KL

Talking about the hosts, the team had a series of prolific batting performances to flaunt. Three Indian batsmen scored a half-century. This included KL Rahul (80), Shikhar Dhawan (96) and Virat Kohli (78). The Indians made a total of 340 runs and so far the Aussies have lost a couple of wickets. Steve Smith has scored a half-century and is batting alongside Marnus Labuschange.

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