The Indian cricketer, KL Rahul will be missing the remaining games of the ongoing Border-Gavaskar trophy as he suffered a wrist injury. The BCCI confirmed the development on Tuesday morning, and it became important as well because he suffered the injury just a couple of days before the start of the third Test in Sydney.
In a press release regarding the same, BCCI wrote: “KL Rahul sprained his left wrist while batting in the nets at the MCG during Team India’s practice session on Saturday. The wicketkeeper-batsman will not be available for the remaining two Tests of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy as he will need about three weeks time to recover completely and regain full strength”.
UPDATE: KL Rahul ruled out of Border-Gavaskar Trophy.
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The release further explained, “He will now return to India and head to the National Cricket Academy in Bengaluru for further rehabilitation of his injury”.
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In the ongoing Test series, there have been a plethora of injury concerns for the team ever since the first game. While Mohammed Shami suffered from a wrist fracture while batting in the second innings, Umesh Yadav suffered a calf injury during the second Test. Rohit Sharma missed the entire limited-overs leg, as well as the first couple of Tests before rejoining the side last week, ahead of the match in Sydney.
The injury to Rahul comes as a major blow, as he was expected to make a comeback in the longest format of the game, following a string of low scores from Hanuma Vihari. In the three innings across two Tests so far, Vihari has amassed just 45 runs.
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The Border-Gavaskar trophy is currently level at 1-1, with India making an unexpected comeback after the infamous ’36-all-out’ in the first Test in Adelaide. Under the captaincy of Ajinkya Rahane, the visitors produced a dominating performance in the Boxing Day Test to beat the hosts by 8 wickets.
