KL Rahul, who led the Indian cricket team into the second of three Test matches against South Africa on Monday did not have the greatest inning with the bat. However, his manners were absolutely on point when he apologised to pacer Kagiso Rabada for causing him inconvenience.
In the fifth over on the first day, Rabada was going to deliver his second delivery when Rahul stopped him in the middle of his run-up, just as he was about to throw the ball. As soon as the batter’s hand went up, he apologised to the bowler and to the wicketkeeper.
The extremely powerful stump mics once again did their work and caught the whole incident on audio. “Sorry KG,” said Rahul right before turning around and doing the same to Kyle Verreynne, who replaced Quinton de Kock as the keeper after he announced his retirement in the middle of the series.
Rahul’s innocence and gentleman-like quality impressed the viewers instantly and the video of this exchange quickly went viral on social media.
However, toward the end of the video, the umpire Marais Erasmus, could be seen telling Rahul with a stern voice to “try and be a little quicker please KL” as the batter walked out of his crease and evened out a crack he saw on the pitch.
