Dropped from the Indian Test team following his failures in the first two matches of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy against Australia, KL Rahul marked his return in the ODI series against the same opponents. The batter spearheaded India's chase of 189 runs, scoring an unbeaten 75-run knock. Rahul was also named the 'player of the match' for his heroics, and immediately fans on social media started to say 'KL Rahul is back'. India spinner Ravichandran Ashwin has given a rather blunt response to those fans, suggesting 'Rahul had never left'.