Venkatesh Prasad and Aakash Chopra have a history over KL Rahul and the commentator made the most of the opportunity to take a muted approach to the past when the Karnataka batsman emerged as the savior for India in the ongoing Border-Gavaskar Trophy 2024-25. pacer.
In fact, Venkatesh Prasad’s scathing criticism of an out-of-form KL Rahul led to a heated spat between him and Aakash Chopra last year. The former India pacer questioned Rahul’s place in the Indian cricket team in a series of posts on social media that irked Chopra.
Aakash Chopra takes a silent jab at Venkatesh Prasad after KL Rahul’s buyout
The former Indian batsman later accused Venkatesh Prasad of having an agenda against Rahul in a YouTube video. In response, Prasad took to social media to clarify his stance, stating that he had nothing against Rahul or any other player.
Now, Aakash Chopra has criticized Rahul without mentioning Venkatesh Prasad after his brilliant performance in the ongoing five-match Test series in Australia. The right-handed batsman was promoted to the top order and he seized the opportunity Down Under with both hands.
Rahul is currently the second highest run-scorer in the ongoing Border-Gavaskar Trophy 2024-25 with 235 runs in three innings as an opener, behind only Travis Head (409 runs). When the likes of Virat Kohli and young batting sensation Yashasvi Jaiswal failed to deliver, Rahul took over.
KL Rahul’s perfect form with the bat Down Under has silenced the critics
Even in a drawn Gabba Test, it was Rahul and Ravindra Jadeja who helped India avoid a massive defeat in the third Test of the ongoing five-match Test series against Australia. Rahul has been a consistent performer for India and Aakash Chopra made the most of the opportunity to slam his critics, including Prasad, on social media.
Cricket expert KL has taken a dig at Rahul’s critics, highlighting how former cricketers have faced harsh judgments when the Indian batsman struggled. According to Chopra, covering Rahul’s ears is a way of managing criticism of the holiday.
Further, Aakash Chopra pointed out that these former cricketers, who were once eagerly waiting for Rahul’s downfall, are now very quiet as many big stars are also struggling to perform in the ongoing Test series in Australia.
He stopped listening to what others had to say: Aakash Chopra
Taking an indirect dig at Venkatesh Prasad, Chopra then noted how the same critics who once proudly called themselves “crusaders” have now quieted down and can no longer speak against Rahul.
Aakash Chopra said on his YouTube channel, “How KL Rahul celebrates. He stopped listening to what others had to say. Because the meme factories work for him. There are former cricketers waiting for his failure. They wrote such great slogans. Now they are completely silent. They don’t say anything about anyone. Otherwise, they said that I am a crusader. But he is not a crusader. So things have changed a lot. The boy did well. And everyone can learn something from this. You can learn something from KL Rahul.”
Aakash Chopra silently body Venktesh Prasad 😭🤣🤣.
I remember he was the only guy who fought with Venkatesh Prasad when he was preparing a critical paragraph for KL Rahul.@cricketaakash ❤️pic.twitter.com/nHV76bqATo
— Lordgod 🚩™ (@LordGod188) December 17, 2024
