Asia Cup India Squad – KL Rahul Fitness Issues: Indian vice-captain KL Rahul has missed out on another series (IND vs WI) owing to fitness issues. Now the big question doing the rounds is whether Rahul will get before the Asia Cup T20 Cricket event in UAE or not? Selectors are meeting on 8th August to select the Indian team for Asia Cup. Rahul’s fitness will be debated there. Meanwhile the Indian opener himself has given LATEST UPDATE on his fitness issues: Follow All Asia Cup T20 Updates and Indian Cricket News with InsideSport.IN.
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Rahul posted an emotional tweet on Saturday evening. Rahul wrote, “I wanted to clarify a couple of things about my health and fitness. My surgery in June was successful, and I had begun training with the hope of returning to national duty for the teams tour of the West Indies.
Unfortunately, as I was nearing a return to full fitness, I tested positive for Covid-19. This naturally pushes things back by a couple of weeks, but I am to recover as quickly as possible, and be available for selection as soon as I can.
To represent the national team is the highest honour, and I cannot wait to get out there back in blue,” Rahul wrote on Twitter.
⏳💙🇮🇳🙏🏽 pic.twitter.com/2ULENT5Puk
— K L Rahul (@klrahul) July 30, 2022
Asia Cup India Squad: KL Rahul gives major update on his fitness, will he be fit for Asia Cup T20 in UAE? Follow LIVE UPDATES
- KL Rahul has not played any form of Cricket since the IPL 2022
- Sanju Samson was named as replacement for the WestIndies tour in ODIs
- Rahul will be a key member of the Indian side in the T20 WC, but fitness and health are major concerns
Ruled out of Zimbabwe tour: Vice-captain KL Rahul’s comeback from a groin injury was further halted as the 30-year-old missed out on his fourth successive series. It was expected, selectors may include him for the Zimbabwe tour to give some match practice before Asia Cup.
But owing to fitness issues, he again was ruled out of the series.
Rahul hasn’t played for India since March. He was set to feature in the T20Is against West Indies, but a COVID-19 positive test ruled him out of action.
Rahul’s continued absence is a concern for Rahul Dravid with the Asia Cup 2022 and the T20 world Cup on the horizon.
Will Rahul return for the Asia Cup? Having missed out on the series against West Indies, KL Rahul was expected to be named captain and lead the side as India takes on Zimbabwe in three ODIs next month.
It has been an injury hell for KL Rahul over the last 12 months and the Indian opener went to Germany to undergo surgery on a sports hernia.
He had since resumed training at the NCA and was supposed to undergo a fitness test before flying out to the Caribbean. However as fate would have it, the 30-year-old tested positive for COVID-19 and had to enter isolation.
It will now be interesting to see whether Rahul regain his fitness before 8th AUGUST or not. If not, selectors may ignore him for ASIA CUP T20 event in UAW.
India squad for Zimbabwe tour:
Shikhar Dhawan (Capt), Ruturaj Gaikwad, Shubman Gill, Deepak Hooda, Rahul Tripathi, Ishan Kishan (wk), Sanju Samson (wk), Washington Sundar, Shardul Thakur, Kuldeep Yadav, Axar Patel, Avesh Khan, Prasidh Krishna, Mohd Siraj, Deepak Chahar.
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