New Delhi: The Indian cricket team has long had concerns about the fitness of key player KL Rahul. Rahul, who suffered an injury in the 2023 IPL, underwent surgery and is undergoing rehabilitation at the NCA’s National Cricket Academy. Practice games were also organized by the NCA for match fitness, during which Rahul spent long hours practicing batting and wicketkeeping.
KL Rahul gets injury in IPL
Well, his report was posted after the game. This report will bring relief to the Indian team. At the same time, this could be good news for the Indian squad ahead of the squad that will soon be called up for the 2023 Asian Cup.
KL Rahul held the wicket for a long time and bat on Friday under the NCA’s terms of play. After the match, he indicated his desire to return to international cricket, which is good morale news for India ahead of the Asian Cup and ODI World Cup.
With this in mind, Rahul could well travel to Sri Lanka to qualify for the Asian Cup and could be named for India on 21 August.
KL Rahul’s fitness update?
A source in the know of this told PTI/language, Rahul has shown excellent fitness level by batting and keeping wickets for a long time in the ‘Match Simulation’ program at NCA. He started batting earlier this week and now he has also started wicketkeeping. Rahul’s return to top-level cricket looks imminent. Rahul’s return will reduce a huge burden on the Indian team management as he can cement a place in the middle order.
May have to wait for Shreyas Iyer
The source also provided an update on Shreyas Ayer, who is currently recovering from an injury in the NCA and said he may have to wait a little longer. Shreyas has also been trained in the NCA to match the playing environment, and the midfielder has shown a significant improvement in fitness. However, a final decision on Shreyas must be made within the next two days.
Good record of Rahul at number 4
KL Rahul at fourth in the ODIs with an excellent batting record, averaging 40.17 runs including 241 runs in seven innings, including century. At number five, Rahul has scored 742 runs in 18 innings at an average of 53, including one century and seven half-centuries. In Rahul’s absence, the Indian ‘think tank’ experimented with Suryakumar Yadav in the middle order but he could not perform consistently. Now he is seen as a finisher. Whereas Ishaan Kishan can act as a backup opener. Rahul played his last ODI for India on March 22 against Australia in Chennai.
