KL Rahul Ruled Out Of 3rd Test Against England, Surprise Replacement Emerges

Senior India batter KL Rahul has been dominated out of the Rajkot Test towards England after failing to completely get well from his harm. Rahul was added to the India squad for the remaining three Tests of the five-match collection towards the Three Lions but it surely got here together with the caveat that his availability might be topic to his health. Rahul had complained of proper quadriceps ache in the course of the first Test match in Hyderabad and because of this, he was dominated out of the second recreation which India gained comprehensively in Visakhapatnam.

Devdutt Padikkal, the proficient Karnataka left-hander who’s having fun with a fantastic first-class season, has been named KL Rahul’s alternative for Rajkot Test.

“KL Rahul, whose availability for the remaining three Tests was subject to fitness, has been ruled out of the third Test against England in Rajkot. Mr. Rahul has reached 90 per cent of match fitness and is progressing well under the supervision of the BCCI Medical Team,” mentioned the apex cricket board of India in a launch on Monday.

“He will continue his recovery process at the National Cricket Academy (NCA) in Bengaluru to be completely match-fit for the fourth and fifth Test. The Men’s Selection Committee named Devdutt Padikkal as KL Rahul’s replacement for the third Test,” the discharge added.

In his most up-to-date Ranji Trophy match, the 23-year-old Padikkal scored 151 with the chairman of selectors Ajit Agarkar watching his knock from the stands.

Padikkal has been in wonderful type this season. Having began with a 193 towards Punjab within the opening recreation, he struck 103 towards Goa.

Besides his exploits in Ranji, Padikkal additionally scored 105, 65 and 21 in his three innings for India A within the two unofficial Tests towards England Lions.

As far as Rahul is worried, the 31-year-old batter’s prolonged break raises a severe query about whether or not the senior India gamers and the BCCI’s medical workforce are giving correct image concerning the harm standing of sure gamers.

India’s up to date squad for the third Test vs England: Rohit Sharma (Captain), Jasprit Bumrah (Vice-captain), Yashasvi Jaiswal, Shubman Gill, Rajat Patidar, Sarfaraz Khan, Dhruv Jurel (Wicketkeeper), KS Bharat (Wicketkeeper), R Ashwin, Ravindra Jadeja (Subject to health), Axar Patel, Washington Sundar, Kuldeep Yadav, Mohd. Siraj, Mukesh Kumar, Akash Deep, Devdutt Padikkal.

(With PTI Inputs)