KL Rahul reflects on ‘getting suspended from the team’ after Koffee with Karan episode

KL Rahul Karan Johar. (Source – Twitter/X)

Star India batter KL Rahul found himself in the middle of a lot of controversy when he appeared on the famous talk show Koffee with Karan alongside fellow teammate Hardik Pandya in 2019. Pandya and Rahul’s comments brought major controversy and media attention to both players.

Their comments saw the BCCI even suspend them for a few matches. It is worth noting that both Pandya and Rahul returned from India’s Australia tour midway due to their suspension.

Recently, KL Rahul took centre stage and talked about the moment and how much it affected him. The Bengaluru-born opined that the interview changed him completely and even scarred him.

“I used to be good at trolling. I used to think I don’t care. I was much younger back then. A couple of years back, I was exposed to a lot of trolling. If I sat I got trolled, If I stood I got trolled,” Rahul said on a podcast with Nikhil Kamath on the latter’s YouTube channel.

“The interview was a different world. That changed me. Completely changed me. I was a very soft-spoken person growing up. Then I played for India and became very confident. People will know I have been in a room of 100 people,” he added.

I don’t know how to handle it: Rahul

Furthermore, Rahul reflected on how he was never suspended from school or even punished, but getting suspended from the side took quite a toll on his well-being.

“Now I don’t because that interview (on Koffee with Karan) scarred me massively. Getting suspended from the team. I have never been suspended in school, punished in school. I don’t know how to handle it. I did mischief in schools but nothing to get me expelled from school or my parents have come,” Rahul said.

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Currently, Rahul is preparing for the Duleep Trophy 2024 and is hoping for a comeback in the Indian team, ahead of their Test series against Bangladesh. Furthermore, the side will take on New Zealand and will face Australia in the Border-Gavaskar Trophy 2024-25.