India opener KL Rahul endured a brief but painful scare during the second Test against West Indies on October 13 at Arun Jaitley Stadium in New Delhi. With India chasing a modest 121 runs to seal the two-match series and boost their World Test Championship (WTC) points, the incident came at a tense moment in the fourth innings.
KL Rahul Faces Painful Blow in Fourth Innings
On the third ball of Jayden Seales’ over, Rahul was caught off guard by the extra bounce of a back-of-a-length delivery and was struck directly in the groin. He fell to his knees, grimacing in visible pain, prompting Indian physio Kamlesh Jain to rush onto the field for a quick assessment.
“𝑻𝒉𝒂𝒏𝒌𝒇𝒖𝒍𝒍𝒚, 𝒊𝒕 𝒘𝒂𝒔 𝒋𝒖𝒔𝒕 𝒂 𝒎𝒊𝒏𝒐𝒓 𝒔𝒆𝒕𝒃𝒂𝒄𝒌. 𝑲𝑳 𝑹𝒂𝒉𝒖𝒍 𝒕𝒐𝒐𝒌 𝒂 𝒎𝒐𝒎𝒆𝒏𝒕, 𝒂𝒅𝒋𝒖𝒔𝒕𝒆𝒅 𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒑𝒓𝒐𝒕𝒆𝒄𝒕𝒊𝒗𝒆 𝒈𝒆𝒂𝒓, 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒓𝒆𝒕𝒖𝒓𝒏𝒆𝒅 𝒕𝒐 𝒄𝒐𝒏𝒕𝒊𝒏𝒖𝒆 𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒊𝒏𝒏𝒊𝒏𝒈𝒔,” 𝒂 𝒔𝒐𝒖𝒓𝒄𝒆 𝒇𝒓𝒐𝒎 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝑰𝒏𝒅𝒊𝒂𝒏 𝒕𝒆𝒂𝒎 𝒓𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒂𝒍𝒆𝒅.
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India’s Dominant First Innings and West Indies’ Fightback
Earlier, India had posted a mammoth 518/5 declared in 134.2 overs, led by Yashasvi Jaiswal’s brilliant 175 off 258 balls. Sai Sudharsan supported with 87 off 165, while skipper Shubman Gill remained unbeaten on 129 off 196. Jomel Warrican was the pick of the West Indies bowlers with figures of 3/98.
West Indies struggled in their first innings, being bundled out for 248 in 81.5 overs, forcing them to follow on. Alick Athanaze top-scored with 41, while Kuldeep Yadav (5/82) and Ravindra Jadeja (3/46) led India’s attack.
However, the tourists fought back in the second innings, reaching 390 all out in 118.5 overs. John Campbell scored 115 off 199 balls, Shai Hope added 103 off 214 deliveries, and Justin Greaves remained unbeaten on 50, helping West Indies set a more competitive total. Kuldeep Yadav (3 wickets) and Jasprit Bumrah (3/44) were again the pick of the Indian bowlers.
“𝑬𝒗𝒆𝒏 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒃𝒓𝒊𝒆𝒇 𝒔𝒄𝒂𝒓𝒆, 𝑹𝒂𝒉𝒖𝒍’𝒔 𝒓𝒆𝒕𝒖𝒓𝒏 𝒕𝒐 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒄𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒔𝒆 𝒔𝒉𝒐𝒘𝒆𝒅 𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒓𝒆𝒔𝒊𝒍𝒊𝒆𝒏𝒄𝒆. 𝑰𝒕’𝒔 𝒂 𝒕𝒐𝒖𝒈𝒉 𝒄𝒉𝒂𝒔𝒆, 𝒃𝒖𝒕 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒕𝒆𝒂𝒎 𝒓𝒆𝒎𝒂𝒊𝒏𝒔 𝒄𝒐𝒏𝒇𝒊𝒅𝒆𝒏𝒕,” 𝒔𝒂𝒊𝒅 𝒂 𝒔𝒆𝒏𝒊𝒐𝒓 𝑰𝒏𝒅𝒊𝒂 𝒕𝒆𝒂𝒎 𝒐𝒇𝒇𝒊𝒄𝒊𝒂𝒍.
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