KL Rahul Batting in Nets After Injury Ahead of 3rd Test at Rajkot vs England | Watch VIDEO
New Delhi: India wicketkeeper batter KL Rahul will likely to feature in the third Test match against England. The wicketkeeper batter missed the recently concluded second clash as he got injured during the first match in Hyderabad.
On Sunday, KL Rahul was spotted batting in the nets and he seemed fit while playing, the video of the wicketkeeper batter gone viral on the social sphere, here is the clip:
Boss KL Rahul in the nets! #INDvsAUS pic.twitter.com/a48KPaHLNa
— Kunal Yadav (@Kunal_KLR) February 11, 2024
Apart from KL Rahul, there is a dilemma over all-rounder Ravindra Jadeja as also got injured during the first Test match and is currently in NCA Bengaluru. However, Both KL Rahul and Ravindra Jadeja are the part of Indian squad that will feature against England for the remaining three Test matches but BCCI said that their participation in the team will be subject to fitness.
On the other hand, Iyer’s exclusion comes after making scores of 35 and 13 in Hyderabad, followed by scoring 27 and 29 in Visakhapatnam, where he struggled to get going. Multiple reports had said Iyer complained of groin and lower back stiffness after the Visakhapatnam Test, which India won by 106 runs.
But the BCCI has not given any reasoning behind Iyer being left out of the Test team. His exclusion means Rajat Patidar and Sarfaraz Khan have retained their places in the squad. Left-arm spinner Saurabh Kumar and fast-bowler Avesh Khan also don’t find places in the 17-member India Test squad.
Mohammed Shami remains out of action due to an ankle injury, while his Bengal state-mate, fast bowler Akash Deep, has been handed a maiden call-up to the Test team. Deep was impressive for India A in the recent three-match red-ball series against England Lions, picking 11 wickers at an average of 18.72.
He was part of India’s squad which won the gold medal in the Asian Games at Hangzhou last year, and was later included in the ODI squad for the series in South Africa in December 2023. Overall, Deep has taken 103 wickets in 29 first-class matches so far.
The five-match Test series is finely poised at 1-1, with the third Test to be held in Rajkot, starting on February 15. Both India and England will then travel to Ranchi for the fourth Test beginning on February 23, followed by the final game of the series in Dharamsala on March 7.
India’s Squad for Last 3 Tests vs ENG: Rohit Sharma (C), Jasprit Bumrah (VC), Yashasvi Jaiswal, Shubman Gill, KL Rahul, Rajat Patidar, Sarfaraz Khan, Dhruv Jurel (WK), KS Bharat (WK), R Ashwin, Ravindra Jadeja, Axar Patel, Washington Sundar, Kuldeep Yadav, Mohd. Siraj, Mukesh Kumar and Akash Deep