IPL 2023 has been a event plagued with accidents, and the most recent sufferer is KL Rahul. The LSG skipper injured himself whereas fielding within the match in opposition to Royal Challengers Bangalore. He was taken off the sphere within the 2nd over itself and didn’t open, solely strolling to the crease at no.11 later within the sport. It has been confirmed that he’ll miss the remainder of the IPL because of a thigh damage. However, what comes as an even bigger blow is the truth that he won’t be a part of the Team India squad that’s to journey to England for the World Test Championship remaining from June 7-11.
The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) has already began contemplating a substitute for KL Rahul, and it’s prone to be Suryakumar Yadav. According to a report by The Times of India, Yadav has been added amongst the standby gamers for the India squad for the WTC remaining on the Oval. “While it hasn’t been decided officially yet, Surya has been asked to keep his UK Visa ready,” a BCCI supply advised The Times of India.
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Suryakumar Yadav has performed just one Test Match in his profession up to now. He made his debut within the Border Gavaskar Trophy vs Australia in Nagpur and managed to attain simply 8 runs, thus failing to impress. However, the batter has discovered his misplaced type within the IPL 2023, scoring two back-to-back fifties in two 200+ run chases within the IPL.
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KL Rahul has dominated himself out of competition for each IPL 2023 and the WTC remaining in an Instagram put up, the place he stated that he might be present process a thigh surgical procedure to deal with his damage. It is a big setback for Team India, as Rahul was anticipated to play an important function within the squad’s batting lineup.
The BCCI has already made a listing of standby gamers for the WTC remaining in opposition to Australia, consisting of Sarfaraz Khan, Ruturaj Gaikwad, Ishan Kishan, Mukesh Kumar, and Navdeep Saini. Suryakumar Yadav has been added to this record of standby gamers, and he might make his second Test look within the essential match in opposition to New Zealand. The Indian cricket workforce has been plagued with accidents currently, and it stays to be seen how they are going to cope up with this setback.
