Indian cricket team for Zimbabwe tour (Indian Cricket Team) A major change has been made in Team India’s star batsman and vice captain KL Rahul (KL Rahul) has been included in the team and will now take charge of the team. Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) It issued a press release on Thursday saying that the medical team has declared Rahul fit to play and in such a situation the board has decided to send the veteran opener to Zimbabwe. so that Asia Cup 2022 (Asia Cup 2022) First he can get himself into a rhythm.
Returned to the team, became captain
According to a BCCI release, the BCCI medical team examined KL Rahul and declared him fit to play in the three-match ODI series against Zimbabwe. The Indian Senior Selection Committee has made him the captain of the team and Shikhar Dhawan has been made the vice-captain.
NEWS – KL Rahul cleared to play; set to lead Team India in Zimbabwe.
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— BCCI (@BCCI) August 11, 2022
Rahul was out of the team for two months
KL Rahul has been out of action for over two months. He has not played a match since IPL 2022 at the end of May. He was scheduled to lead the Indian team for the T20 series against South Africa in June, but was injured before the series began. For his treatment, he went to Germany, from where he returned after surgery and then went on a tour of West Indies for a T20 series. However, even before that he was infected with Corona and could not go to this series.
Seeing Rahul’s fitness problem, the board handed over the team captaincy to Shikhar Dhawan for the Zimbabwe tour. However, now with the return of Rahul, the reins of the team have once again come into the hands of Rahul. Rahul is the vice-captain of the team in all three formats. Although Rahul’s arrival has not left any player vacant, it will reduce the chances of playing a young opener like Rituraj Gaikwad. The three-match series will begin on August 18.
Indian squad for Zimbabwe series
KL Rahul (captain), Shikhar Dhawan (vice-captain), Rituraj Gaikwad, Shubman Gill, Deepak Hooda, Rahul Tripathi, Ishan Kishan (wicketkeeper), Sanju Samson (wicketkeeper), Washington Sundar, Shardul Thakur, Kuldeep Yadav, Akshar Patel, Avesh Khan, Famous Krishna, Mohammad Siraj, Deepak Chahar.
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