- KL Rahul: Team India has suffered a major setback before the Border-Gavaskar Trophy. Team India’s star batsman KL Rahul has been injured during the practice session. A big name has also emerged regarding his replacement…
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KL Rahul: The Australian team will host the Indian team for 5 Test matches. The first match of this series will be played on 22 November at the Perth ground. However, bad news has started coming for Team India even before the start of the series. Sarfaraz Khan was injured during the practice session some time ago. After which now Indian batsman KL Rahul has also been injured. After Rahul’s injury, the tension of the team management has increased. At the same time, big updates are also coming out regarding his replacement.
KL Rahul got injured in the practice match
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Team India is currently on a tour of Australia, where it is practicing at the Baka Cricket Ground. During an intra-squad match on this ground, KL Rahul was hit on his right elbow by a short ball from fast bowler Prasidh Krishna . The injury was so serious that Rahul had to immediately seek the help of the physio and leave the field for treatment. However, there is no update on how serious his injury is.
Sarfaraz Khan was also injured
Before KL Rahul, Sarfaraz Khan was also injured during nets practice. He also had an elbow injury. After which Sarfaraz stopped practice. However, his injury was not very serious. The team management itself had clarified that Sarfaraz did not have a major injury.
Will this batsman be sent to Australia ?
It is very important for Team India that KL Rahul is fit before the Border-Gavaskar Trophy against Australia . Rahul is the main batsman of this team. His statistics on foreign pitches are excellent. Apart from this, he has been in Australia for a long time.
However, if he is not fit before the Perth Test, then the BCCI can send a player on the Australia tour as his replacement. For this, Cheteshwar Pujara ‘s name will be at the forefront. There was already talk of Pujara being included in the BGT. However, all these things will be clear only after an update on Rahul’s injury comes.