Shikhar Dhawan, who was named the captain initially, will now be Rahul's deputy
"Jasprit Bumrah and Harshal Patel were not available for selection owing to injuries. They are currently undergoing rehab at the NCA in Bengaluru," said the BCCI in a statement.
Wicket-keeper batter Sanju Samson on Friday replaced an indisposed KL Rahul in India's T20I squad for the ongoing series against the West Indies, the BCCI said. "KL Rahul was earlier named in the squad and his participation in the T20I series was subject to fitness. The batter tested positive for COVID-19 last week and has been advised rest by the BCCI medical team," BCCI secretary Jay Shah said in a statement. Sanju Samson was part of the squad in the recently concluded ODI series that the team won 3-0 and scored a half-century in the second game. India's squad for 5 T20Is: Rohit Sharma (Captain), Ishan Kishan, Sanju Samson, Suryakumar Yadav, Deepak Hooda, Shreyas Iyer, Dinesh Karthik, Rishabh Pant, Hardik Pandya, Ravindra Jadeja, Axar Patel, R Ashwin, Ravi Bishnoi, Kuldeep Yadav, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Avesh Khan, Harshal Patel, Arshdeep Singh.
Star India batter K L Rahul on Thursday tested positive for COVID-19, which is likely to rule him out of the upcoming five-match T20 series against the West Indies, starting July 29 at Tarouba. BCCI president Sourav Ganguly informed about Rahul after the Board's Apex Council meeting here. Rahul on Thursday itself had addressed the candidates, who attended the Level-3 coach certification course at National Cricket Academy in Bengaluru. Rahul, who underwent a hernia operation in Germany recently, was rested for the ODI series against the West Indies starting Friday at Port of Spain. Ganguly also informed that a member of the Commonwealth Games-bound India women's team was also down with COVID-19. He, however, did not disclose the name of the player.
In 2022, the Indian cricket team have played six series in which Rohit Sharma has led in only three and the rest of the times different players took charge
While Rahul has suffered a hamstring injury while fielding in the second ODI on February 9, Axar has not fully recovered from his shin injury that also forced him to miss the South Africa tour
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Opener KL Rahul, who is currently missing the ongoing home T20I series against South Africa because of right groin strain, is also a doubtful starter for the Edgbaston Test against England
Disappointed KL Rahul has vowed to make a strong comeback and wished stand-in skipper Rishabh Pant and the team good luck for the five-match T20I series against South Africa
Injury is nothing new to KL Rahul, and the latest one has forced him out of series against New Zealand.
Rahul was ruled out of the five-match T20 International series against South Africa due to an injury
This series provides a perfect opportunity for the Indian selectors to test new stars emerging from the IPL and plan accordingly for the T20 World Cup 2022
Former India batter Sanjay Manjrekar pointed out that teams, irrespective of IPL or international cricket, can benefit immensely if opener K.L Rahul bats "quicker rather than longer."
At the end of the game, the LSG skipper acknowledged that "two big hits" would have probably done the job for his team in a chase of 208
Lucknow Super Giants' mentor Gautam Gambhir has thanked the fans for their support and said the team will bounce back strongly after losing in the Eliminator match in its maiden campaign in the IPL
LSG vs RCB Highlights: It was a brilliant effort by Rajat Patidar who scored a magnificent 112* to take Bangalore to 207. Harshal Patel's figures of 1-25 in 4 then secured the win against Lucknow