India Tour of England – IND vs SA T20 Series – KL Rahul Injury: India’s most stylish player KL RAHUL is gutted and hurt. He has missed a chance to lead India in front of HOME-CROWD in Series vs South Africa. But the bigger problem is that GROIN Injury also cast aspersions on his chances to play in England: Follow INDIA vs South-Africa T20 Series LIVE Updates with InsideSport.IN
One day before the first match T20 game, the team India captain was ruled out due to injury. Rahul admitted that he is gutted and injury is hard to accept.
He wrote, “Hard to accept but I begin another challenge today. Gutted not to be leading the side for the first time at home, but the boys have all my support from the sidelines.
KL Rahul will now travel to National Cricket Academy (NCA) in Bengaluru to work on his injury. It is not clear for how long Rahul has to rest or he will be out of action for?
Groin injuries normally takes 3-4 weeks to heal depending on the seriousness. The injury surely cast doubts on his availability for England tour and the BCCI is concerned.
“Injury is part and parcel of a player’s life and it can happen to anyone. It’s about taking care of one’s self to reduce the number of injuries. It’s definitely concerning when an important player like KL gets injured frequently. Once he is at the NCA, we will have a chat with physios,” a senior BCCI official told InsideSport.
This is not the first time that Rahul has been sidelined with injury. In fact, in the last seven months, he has been ruled out four times, missing four series.
It has raised concerns amongst selectors and the BCCI as the repeated injuries make him an unreliable choice for India.
With another injury, he joins Rohit Sharma, Suryakumar Yadav and Ravindra Jadeja amongst the most injury-prone players. And the selectors are concerned.
KL Rahul injury Timeline:
- November 2021 – Thigh Strain: KL Rahul was ruled out of the two-match Test series against New Zealand in November due to a left thigh strain.
- February 2021 – Hamstring: KL Rahul missed the T20 series against West Indies after suffering a left hamstring injury.
- February 2021 – Hamstring: He failed to recover in time and missed the T20 against Sri Lanka.
- March 2021 – Hamstring: The hamstring injury also ruled him out of the Test series against Sri Lanka.
So when BCCI official was asked – can he miss England tour?
“Hopefully, it won’t come to that. He is an an important player. We will keep a track of progress on his recovery at NCA”
Indian team is scheduled to leave for England on 16th June. KL Rahul along with Coach Rahul Dravid and Shreyas Iyer was scheduled to fly on 19th June from Bengaluru.
But India’s MOST STYLISH BATSMAN doesn’t recover he can miss the flight to LONDON.
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