Gambhir backs KL Rahul after social media criticism

Gautam Gambhir has vehemently backed KL Rahul to come good amid mounting scrutiny on his form for India

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00:00See, first of all, social media does not matter one bit.

00:04You don't pick players on social media because of social media or for that matter, even what

00:07the experts are saying.

00:09What the team management thinks and what the leadership group thinks is very, very important.

00:13Ultimately, everyone is judged.

00:15International cricket is all about being judged, to be honest, because everyone's performance

00:18will be judged eventually.

00:20But I feel that he's batting very well, obviously, he's had a decent knock in Kanpur, obviously

00:24on a difficult wicket and obviously played according to the plans as well.

00:28I'm sure, I think, he would also be knowing that he wants to score big runs and he has

00:32that capability of scoring runs, that's why he's been backed by the team management.