MUMBAI: India batter KL Rahul is ready to be rested from the eight-match white-ball sequence in opposition to England at house, comprising 5 T20Is and three ODIs, which is able to kick off from January 22 with the primary T20I in Kolkata, TOI has learnt.
Nonetheless, Rahul, who performs within the center order and is a wicketkeeper within the ODIs, has been assured by the nationwide selectors that he will likely be picked for the Champions Trophy in February.
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“Rahul has been assured of his spot within the Champions Trophy. Therefore, he will likely be rested from the England sequence,” a supply monitoring developments informed this paper.
Whereas he hasn’t been part of India’s T20 aspect of late, Rahul has been India’s No 1 ‘keeper-batter within the ODIs the place he has persistently scored runs within the middle-order.
After coming back from Australia, the place he featured in all of the 5 Checks in a gruelling Border-Gavaskar Trophy sequence, Rahul had determined to decide out of the Karnataka squad for the continued Vijay Hazare Trophy knockouts, which started from Thursday in Vadodara.
