If It Happens Again I'll Be In A Better Position To Know: KL Rahul On His Review

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Chasing 253, India was on 127 for 1 after 20 overs and was looking good to chase the total down. Suddenly Rahul played a reverse sweep to a straight ball off Rashid Khan and ball hit on his pad and he was given out. He looked plumb with naked eyes but he infamously took the review after discussing with his partner (Dinesh Karthik).

Though he knew he was out he still went for review with a ray of hope. But guess what, the umpire's decision remained and Rahul had to take a long walk to the dressing room.



However, even after losing Rahul India was still in a good position to win the match but destiny had some other plans. When MS Dhoni (stand in his 200th ODI as captain) was batting on 8, he takes a dig forward to Javed Ahmadi but the ball missed his bat and hit him on his pad, Ahmadi appealed and the umpire gave Dhoni out.

Dhoni was shocked by the decision and he was right as the ball was spinning and missing the leg stump. The review could have saved him but it was already wasted by Rahul. Dhoni had no choice but to go back.

After Dhoni, India lost Manish Pandey (caught behind) and Kedar Jadhav (run out) as next two batsmen. When Jadhav got out India was 204 for 5 and needed another 49 more runs to win off 67 balls with 5-wickets in hand. But a run later, Karthik who was batting on 44, given out LBW but he was too disappointed with the decision and he too was right the ball again missed the leg stump. Just like Dhoni, he too had to take a long back to the dressing room. At the end of the innings, India could only manage to deny the loss but they could also not win as the match ended up with tie.



Rahul who took the review which turned out to be the turning point of the match, rues on himself and felt that if he had not taken the review, India could have won the match, "It's very tricky when you have just one review with you. Obviously, looking back at it, I felt like I shouldn't have taken the review but at that time, in the middle, I felt like maybe I was struck outside and I wanted to take that chance," Rahul said at the post-match press conference.

"Sometimes you can sit back here and review the review you took. We learn with it. The shot I played, the review that I took, I'll have to go back and maybe if it happens again I'll be in a better position to know. I don't think we crumbled. When the ball starts slowing and spinning like that, it is hard for middle order batsmen to come in and get the runs going. I think DK (Dinesh Karthik) played really well and in the end, Jadeja and Deepak put up a decent fight," he added.

For Dhoni who was standing his probably the last ODI as captain, could have been a happy ending to captaincy career. However, India rested their regular players before the big final on 28th September (against the winner of Pakistan-Bangladesh match), and gave a chance to their bench strength on perhaps the toughest condition to bat of the tournament.



For Afghanistan, it was a happy ending to their Asia Cup campaign. Though they could not make it to the final they impressed everyone with their performance. If luck had favored them, who knows they might make it the final as well.

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