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XtraTime Web Desk India’s star cricketer KL Rahul celebrated his 28th birthday on Saturday at home quarantine. He accepted all the birthday wishes from social media. He was supposed to lead the Kings XI Punjab (KXIP) in the IPL for the first time, but the whole world is currently at a halt due to the deadly COVID-19 pandemic. So on the special occasion of his birthday, his dear friend and KXIP teammate Mayank Agarwal decided to go live on Instagram with the birthday boy himself and the duo had a lot of fun during the conversation. During the course of the interview, Mayank Agarwal asked KL Rahul for a rapid fire round and that interestingly set ablaze KL Rahul's memory and took him to the January of 2019, when he and Hardik Pandya landed in all sorts of troubles after appearing in a famous talk show named 'Koffee With Karan'. Rahul and Pandya were bashed by fans and the cricketing fraternity for their sexist and racist comments on the slow and later they were also suspended and called back from the tour of Australia. Seems like KL Rahul has not got over that whole saga and that might be the reason why he was not able to stop himself from saying, "You know rapid fire always burns me, right? I get burnt in the fire," when Mayank Agarwal asked him for a fun rapid fire session. KL Rahul and Mayank Agarwal, who have played a lot of cricket together since their childhood days, also talked how good it was to grow together and finally achieve what they had dreamed for. KL Rahul said it was an emotional moment for him when he opened with Mayank in the 2019 Test match against Australia. The chemistry between the two old friends was visible as they also teased each other during the chat. KL Rahul joked that Mayank does all sorts of blunders on the field and that is what makes him angry and that is why he would drop him from the team now. Mayank, on the other hand was quick to point out that it will be him, who would rescue the team after KL Rahul and Chris Gayle fail to fire at the top. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zuFD3JWcBFE