'You Do Lose A Couple Of Quick Wickets But Not Like That...': Rahul In Candid Chat With Kohli On India's Collapse

Both Kohli and Rahul forged a massive 165-run stand for the fourth wicket.

Virat Kohli and KL Rahul in action.

India’s versatile batter KL Rahul spoke about their top batting order collapse in the recently passed match against Australia in the ongoing World Cup 2023. Rahul joined Virat Kohli in a candid chat and said that he never expected it. Rahul alongside Kohli went on to form a vital stand, helping India beat Australia by 6 wickets at the Chepauk Stadium in Chennai.

The BCCI put out a video where Rahul was spotted saying that he was tired when Kohli questioned him about he he felt after the partnership. Both Kohli and Rahul forged a massive 165-run stand for the fourth wicket which also happened to be India’s biggest stand against five-time champions Australia in ODI World Cups.

“Talking about the special partnership that I and KL had, we had one in the Asia Cup as well but this was a bit more special. How does it feel, how is the body feeling firstly,” Kohli asked?

They both got #TeamIndia the first win of #CWC23 💪

As the bandwagon moves to Delhi, here's @imVkohli & @klrahul dissecting their match-winning partnership against Australia 👌

P.S. The local lad is bracing himself for his homecoming 🏟️

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— BCCI (@BCCI) October 9, 2023

“Tired. I won't lie, you know how it was the only chat after I think 50 or 70 runs of partnership was let's conserve energy. Let's not run the twos but once you hit it in the gap then I guess instincts take over and we end up running. It was a tough day but it could get our World Cup journey started with a good victory,” replied Rahul.

The former India skipper went on to ask Rahul how he felt when he came to bat when India were struggling at 2 for 3 after 2 overs.

“I know the situation was not ideal when you came in, you were all over the place you were still padding up while walking in. The first thing I told you was that it was a quick turnaround. It was quite bizarre to be honest the start was quite bizarre. What was your feeling when you were walking in?” Kohli said.

“I never expected it, you do lose a couple of quick wickets sometimes when the ball is doing something but not like that it still takes 4-5 overs. It doesn't all happen in 1.5 overs or 2 overs time. I just came and sat, I just had a shower, the minute I sat down Ishan got out. I had to rush back to get taped and started wearing my pad,” replied Rahul.

The Indian team will play their next game against Afghanistan at the Arun Jaitley Stadium in New Delhi on October 11.