Rahul made big mistakes in Johannesburg, only disappointed as captain in IPL

South Africa won the second test between India and South Africa in Johannesburg by 7 wickets. Africa had a target of 240 runs, which they easily achieved at the loss of 3 wickets. With the win, the African team has leveled the 3-match Test series at 1-1.

In the absence of unfit Virat Kohli, KL Rahul captained for the first time and he had to face defeat in this match. With India's defeat, once again the captaincy of Lokesh Rahul has come under the scanner.

On the fourth day, when the African team took the field after a long break due to rain, there was a lot of hope from the fast bowlers of the team. SA's score was 118/2 and Rahul handed the second over to R Ashwin. However, Ashwin bowled only two overs, but gave away 8 runs. Immediately after the rain the pitch was helping the fast bowlers. This was clearly visible from Bumrah's bowling.

Rahul handed over the bowling to Shardul Thakur, who made many records by taking 7 wickets in the first innings, after 10 overs had passed on the fourth day. Thakur was in fine touch and had taken a wicket in the second innings as well. KL didn't use them properly.

KL Rahul is being seen as the future captain of the Indian team. However, as a captain in professional cricket, Rahul has proved to be a failure so far. In fact, before the Johannesburg Test, KL was seen captaining Punjab Kings in the Indian Premier League (IPL). Rahul took over the command of Punjab for two consecutive seasons, but failed miserably both times.

In IPL 2020, Rahul was successful in winning the Orange Cap as a player, but he was disappointed in the captaincy. While leading the team in 14 matches, he won only 6 matches and lost 8. Punjab Kings finished sixth in the points table. Even in IPL 2021, KL's captaincy was going to be a complete disappointment. The team again finished sixth in the points table and won only 6 out of 14 matches.