India's shocking loss against New Zealand in the first Test in Bengaluru raised many questions on the team's strategy. The match was cut short to four days as the first day got washed out due to rain.
In the remaining days, the Kiwis outplayed India in all the departments and claimed a historic eight-wicket win, which also turned out to be their first victory on the Indian soil since 1988.
After the loss, criticism from the fans and cricket experts started to haunt the Indian players. A particular set of criticism was targetted towards KL Rahul, who miserably failed to leave a mark in the match.
In both the innings, Rahul registered poor scores of 0 and 12 and could not live up to the expectations. As batter Sarfaraz Khan, who came in as a replacement of an injured Shubman Gill, scored a promising 150, many fans and experts demanded Rahul to be dropped on the return of Gill in the second Test.