Was KL Rahul At Fault In Yashasvi Jaiswal Falling A Run Out Victim!

Yashasvi Jaiswal was palpably gutted, falling a run-out victim to Sri Lanka in the opening dig of the First Test at Galle, Sri Lanka. No batter in the world likes to be ejected from the middle when on song, and the India opener was in commanding form when he was caught short at the non-striker’s end after he had faced 37 balls in the first hour of the action at the lovely ground. After choosing to bat upon winning the toss, India was in control when KL Rahul drove to deep mid-on and took off for a single, which would have been there for the asking in normal circumstances. But even as Rahul had left the ground, Jaiswal got tripped, getting into physical contact with debutant off-spinner Keshava Nuwantha — who was trying to stop the ball from going past him — and fell on his knees. The last piece of action resulted in a deep mid-on throw to the keeper, and he had all the time in the world to remove the bails, with both batters 22 yards from him. It was a weird dismissal, and the discerning are wondering if Rahul could have stopped on his tracks, seeing Jaiswal down on the ground and gesturing to him to go back, which did not happen. The Sony Sports experts on Extraaa Innings, WV Raman, Cheteshwar Pujara and Kona Bharat, did not squarely blame Rahul, but spoke at length about the unfortunate incident, saying Rahul felt a run was on with Jaiswal getting up. Jaiswal was in good nick, facing and sending the ball to the picket five times. There was no mix-up between the two, but Jaiswal lost a chance to put up a big score!