India Tour of England: KL Rahul Replacement – Someone’s pain is other one’s gain. Mayank Agarwal will be making India comeback as a backup opener for the one-off 5th Test against England as a replacement for KL Rahul. The vice-captain has been ruled out of the England tour owing to groin injury. Rishabh Pant is all set to be named the vice-captain for the tour. Follow IND vs ENG Live Updates with InsideSport.IN.
“Mayank has been put on standby for England tour. We have asked the team management if they need a replacement for Rahul. We should get an answer by 19th. In that case, Mayank will fly to UK with the second batch. But it’s not finalised yet. Rishabh will be vice-captain,” a senior BCCI official told InsideSport.IN.
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India Tour of England: Mayank Agarwal set to be added to India Squad for England as KL Rahul replacement, Rishabh Pant to be named vice-captain
The reason why he has not been officially added to the squad yet is the number of Test matches. Since it is one-off Test and Mayank is unlikely to be picked for the limited-overs series, selectors feel it is not required as Hanuma Vihari can be a make-shift opener in case of injury to Shubman Gill.
However, as India suffered a three injuries during the last England tour, the BCCI doesn’t want to take any chances and wants to add Mayank Agarwal as a backup option.
“Look, it’s very simple. The team always has certain plans with certain players. For example, Hanuma gives strength to the middle-order and if we push him to open if god forbid Shubman gets injured, the balance will be lost. It’s important that we have options ready in adverse situations,” the BCCI official told InsideSport.
India Tour of England: Mayank Agarwal set to be added to India Squad for England as KL Rahul replacement, Rishabh Pant to be named vice-captain
India Tour of England: All you need to know about India vs England
- First batch comprising Virat Kohli and Jasprit Burmah has reached London.
- Captain Rohit Sharma is travelling today.
- Rishabh Pant will be named the vice-captain for the tour as KL Rahul will be missing the tour due to groin injury.
- KL Rahul will leave for Germany at the end of the month to complete his recovery.
- Mayank Agarwal has been put on standby. He is likely to leave for UK with the second batch on June 20 from Bengaluru.
- India will begin with a First Class warm-up match against Leicestershire on June 24.
India Tour of England: Mayank Agarwal set to be added to India Squad for England as KL Rahul replacement, Rishabh Pant to be named vice-captain
India’s Test squad: Rohit Sharma (Captain), Shubman Gill, Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer, Hanuma Vihari, Cheteshwar Pujara, Rishabh Pant (wk), KS Bharat (wk), Ravindra Jadeja, Ravichandran Ashwin, Shardul Thakur, Mohd Shami, Jasprit Bumrah, Mohd Siraj, Umesh Yadav, Prasidh Krishna, Standby: Mayank Agarwal
India Tour of England Schedule:
- Four-Day Warm-up vs Leicestershire County Cricket Club – June 24-27
- India A vs Derbyshire T20: July 1
- India vs England 5th Test – July 1-5 @ Birmingham
- India A vs Northamptonshire: July 3
- IND vs ENG 1st T20: July 7 @ Southampton
- IND vs ENG 2nd T20: July 9 @ Birmingham
- IND vs ENG 3rd T20: July 10 @ Nottingham
- IND vs ENG 1st ODI: July 12 @ Kennington Oval
- IND vs ENG 2nd ODI: July 14 @ Lord’s
- IND vs ENG 3rd ODI: July 17 @ Manchester
India Tour of England: Mayank Agarwal set to be added to India Squad for England as KL Rahul replacement, Rishabh Pant to be named vice-captain
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