INDIA Squad SL Series: The 2022 season has concluded, and Indian cricket now looks forward to a fresh start in 2023. While…
INDIA Squad SL Series: The 2022 season has concluded, and Indian cricket now looks forward to a fresh start in 2023. While every cricketer anticipates an exciting 12 months of non-stop cricket action, Indian opener KL Rahul has some bad news. The Karnataka lad is expected to be dropped from the T20I squad for the upcoming Sri Lanka series at home. Rahul’s opening partner, veteran Rohit Sharma, is also set to miss the series due to an injury sustained during the Bangladesh ODIs. Follow India Cricket LIVE Updates & IND vs BAN LIVE Updates with InsideSport.IN
INDIA Squad SL Series: Bad News for KL Rahul ahead of NEW YEAR, ‘will be dropped for T20 Series vs SriLanka’, Rohit Sharma to miss series due to INJURY: Follow India vs SriLanka LIVE
This is not the start KL Rahul had hoped for, but 2022 has not been kind to him. His struggles with the bat are more visible in T20Is. When rival camps’ openers were slogging the ball and boasting strike rates in excess of 140, Rahul’s strike rate across 16 matches in 2022 was a paltry 126.53.
He also only managed 434 runs with the help of six half-centuries, but the majority of those innings came at a rate that hampered the team’s cause. Seven of the remaining ten innings in which Rahul did not score were single digits.
Rohit Sharma, Rahul’s opening partner during the T20 World Cup in Australia, is also expected to miss the home series against Sri Lanka. Rohit suffered a thumb injury in the third ODI against Bangladesh and has not been in the Indian team’s dugout since. He missed the two-Test series against Bangladesh, which his deputy KL Rahul led to a 2-0 series victory.
In addition, it has been reported that, in Rohit’s absence, Hardik Pandya, who captained the team in New Zealand, will lead the India T20 squad. The BCCI is expected to name him India’s full-time T20I captain in place of Rohit Sharma.
“The old committee will probably select the Sri Lanka white ball squad. As of now, it doesn’t look like Rohit Sharma’s finger will heal enough before the T20Is and in that case, Hardik will lead the side. As far as KL Rahul is concerned, his T20I days seem to be numbered.” said a BCCI source
Talented opener Shubman Gill is expected to replace KL Rahul in the squad, and there is also a chance for Prithvi Shaw to make a comeback to the Indian team, after showing tremendous form in the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy last season.
SRI LANKA TOUR OF INDIA 2023
Sri Lanka is all set to tour India in January next year for a three-match T20I and ODI series. The six-match series will be played in Mumbai, Pune, Rajkot, Guwahati, Kolkata and Thiruvananthapuram.
Here’s the schedule: T20I series
- India vs Sri Lanka 1st T20I: January 3rd in Mumbai
- India vs Sri Lanka 2nd T20I: January 5th in Pune
- India vs Sri Lanka 3rd T20I: January 7th in Rajkot
The 3-match-T20I series will be followed by ODI series
- India vs Sri Lanka 1st ODI: January 10th in Guwahati
- India vs Sri Lanka 2nd ODI: January 12th in Kolkata
- India vs Sri Lanka 3rd ODI: January 15th in Thiruvananthapuram
INDIA Squad SL Series: Bad News for KL Rahul ahead of NEW YEAR, ‘will be dropped for T20 Series vs SriLanka’, Rohit Sharma to miss series due to INJURY: Follow India vs SriLanka LIVE
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