Where is the sportsmanship gone? KL Rahul criticised on his remarks on David Warner's injury

Australia suffered a big blow after their batsman David Warner was ruled out of the remaining white-ball matches against India after he picked up an injury during the second ODI.

Warner injured himself while fielding and was seen limping off the ground in pain. He will be missing the third and final ODI as well as the three-match T20I series.

So when India batsman KL Rahul was asked to share his views on the left-hander's injury during the post-match press conference, the wicket-keeper batsman said on a lighter note that it will be good for Team India if the Aussie batsman is out for a long time.

"We don't know how bad his injury is. It would be nicer if he gets injured for a long time. One of their main batsmen. It is not nice to wish it for anyone but it would be good for the team. If his injury takes a long time, it would be good for our team," Rahul had said in the virtual presser.

His comments, however, did not go down well with several fans who criticised the wicketkeeper-batsman for his remarks. Some also pointed out the lack of sportsman spirit in Rahul's comments. 

I think Indian vc needs have a better taste in humour
I mean it's an injury, how can someone even mock on it
Play well instead of giving these kinda statements https://t.co/ZamZ2lszeN

— Curly Panda #ICT (@aarushi_45) November 30, 2020

And KL Rahul is a sportsman. He is wishing David Warner remains injured for a long time.
Where's the sportsman spirit?
Despicable! https://t.co/wzuBMlNpAd

— Priyarag Verma (@priyarag) November 30, 2020

It may be a joke, it didn't sound right. pic.twitter.com/VjOrrDv6bE

— Redhook (@1703Redhook) November 29, 2020

Horrible statement from KL. Hope Warner is back at the earliest and scores a triple hundred.

— Hariharan Machi (@machi_hariharan) November 29, 2020

Where is the sportsmanship gone? So you expect winning for yeam India only if Warner gets injured? @klrahul11 https://t.co/r9GpXOj3E4

— ahraz mulla (@AhrazMulla) November 30, 2020

Sorry to say as a sportsperson you shouldn't say that on the international platform... I am indian and still want warner to play so that our team will defeat them with warner.. Not expected from rahul

— Anand (@varun70919811) November 29, 2020

As for Warner, he was in tremendous form in the first two ODIs and notched up successive half-centuries. He scored 69 runs in the first which Australia won by 66 runs and later smashed 83 runs in the second, which Australia won by 51 runs.

His injury comes as a huge setback for the hosts, but the Australia unit will be hoping the prolific opener can return for the much-awaited Border-Gavaskar Trophy from December 17.