New Delhi. The Indian cricket team has suffered a big setback before the third Test match against England. KL Rahul has been ruled out of the third test match to be held in Rajkot. KL Rahul could not play the second test match due to being unfit. After this he was included in the team announced for the remaining 3 test matches. India vs England: The third test match will be played from 15th February.
BCCI informed about KL Rahul’s exit on social media and Devdutt Padikkal joining Team India as his replacement. KL Rahul had played innings of 86 and 22 runs in the first test match of the series played in Hyderabad. After this performance the fans had great expectations from him. But before the second test, he got injured and was out of the team.
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Devdutt Padikkal has scored 3 centuries in the current season of Ranji Trophy. In the current season, he has scored 556 runs in 4 Ranji matches at an average of 92.66. In this, 193 runs is his highest score. However, he is not going to get an easy place in the playing eleven. Sarfaraz Khan is already included in Team India. In such a situation, there is a possibility of Sarfaraz Khan making his debut before Devdutt Padikkal.
The teams of India and England are tied at 1-1 with one win each after 2 test matches. The third test will be played in Rajkot from 15 February. After this, the fourth Test will be held in Ranchi from 23rd February and the fifth Test will be held in Dharamshala from 7th March.
Indian Test team: Rohit Sharma (captain), Jasprit Bumrah (vice-captain), Yashasvi Jaiswal, Shubman Gill, Devdutt Padikkal, Rajat Patidar, Sarfaraz Khan, KS Bharat, Dhruv Jurel, Ravindra Jadeja, R Ashwin, Axar Patel, Washington Sundar, Kuldeep Yadav, Mohammad Siraj, Mukesh Kumar and Akash Deep.
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Tags: Devdutt Padikkal, India Vs England, KL Rahul, Team india
FIRST PUBLISHED: February 12, 2024, 20:44 IST