KL Rahul Wedding: BCCI grants Rahul personal leave for WEDDING with Athiya Shetty, set to miss NZ series, Follow IND vs NZ LIVE

KL Rahul Wedding: The Board of Control for Cricket in India has named 15-man squad for the upcoming three-match ODIs as well as the same number of T20Is against New Zealand. Among notable absentees are KL Rahul and Axar Patel who both have missed out due to personal commitments. Moreover, Prithvi Shaw has been named in the T20I squad with the likes of Rahul Tripathi and Mukesh Kumar returning to the fold. While Hardik Pandya will lead the T20 side, Rohit Sharma has been named the ODI skipper. Follow KL Rahul Wedding Live Updates with InsideSport.IN.

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KL Rahul Wedding: BCCI grants KL Rahul personal leave for WEDDING with Athiya Shetty, set to miss NZ series, to return for Australia Test series, Follow IND vs NZ LIVE Updates

KL Rahul is all set to miss out due to personal commitments, but it is well documented that he has his wedding lined up with Bollywood actress Athiya Shetty in the busy cricket season. In all likelihood, he is set to get married and then return for the two match Test series against Australia starting February 9 in Nagpur. However, there is no confirmation for which Axar has pulled out of the series.

InsideSport had earlier revealed that outfits for Rahul and Athiya’s wedding have been finalized.
The power couple will have a traditional South Indian wedding. Ami Patel is likely to style the Bollywood Actress
While the India opening batter outfits are to be taken care of by Rahul Vijay.
Athiya & Rahul are likely to twin on their D-day. Ahan Shetty planning a big surprise for the couple.

🚨 NEWS 🚨: India’s squads for Mastercard New Zealand tour of India and first two Test matches against Australia announced#TeamIndia | #INDvNZ | #INDvAUS | @mastercardindia

— BCCI (@BCCI) January 13, 2023

To note, Rahul scored a match-winning fifty in the second ODI encounter. Some questions were asked on his strike rate but Rahul did what was required for the team. The senior batter will now enjoy his time away from the cricketing field and then look to give a statement to his critics during the much-awaited series againsr Australia.

India’s ODI squad against New Zealand: Rohit Sharma (Captain), Shubman Gill, Ishan Kishan (wk), Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer, Suryakumar Yadav, KS Bharat (wk), Hardik Pandya (vice-captain), Washington Sundar, Shahbaz Ahmed, Shardul Thakur, Yuzvendra Chahal, Kuldeep Yadav, Mohd. Shami, Mohd. Siraj, Umran Malik.

India’s T20I squad against New Zealand: Hardik Pandya (Captain), Suryakumar Yadav (vice-captain), Ishan Kishan (wk), Ruturaj Gaikwad, Shubman Gill, Deepak Hooda, Rahul Tripathi, Jitesh Sharma (wk), Washington Sundar, Kuldeep Yadav, Yuzvendra Chahal, Arshdeep Singh, Umran Malik, Shivam Mavi, Prithvi Shaw, Mukesh Kumar.