KL Rahul's form remained under question despite India's win in Delhi

Since the first Test of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy, Venkatesh has been regularly bashing Rahul on Twitter, creating a sensation among the cricket community. The former fast bowler referred to Rahul as a "product of favouritism" and claimed that the brilliant players who had been sitting on the sidelines of the Indian squad had been denied opportunities due to his selections.

Prasad proposed that Rahul leave the Indian Test squad and play County Cricket, exactly like Cheteshwar Pujara did. Rahul has previously received harsh criticism from Prasad, who claimed that he wasn't one of India's top 10 openers. "No top-order batsman has played this many Tests with such a poor average in at least the last 20 years of Indian cricket." Before to the second Test match at Delhi, Prasad had stated.