Ok.L. Rahul walks from the sphere after being struck on his proper arm by a supply by Prasidh Krishna of India in the course of the inside apply match between India and India A on the WACA on November 15, 2024, in Perth, Australia.
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Ok.L. Rahul on Friday (November 15, 2024) copped a blow on his proper elbow and left the sphere for scans throughout India’s match simulation on the WACA floor, elevating concern forward of the first Take a look at towards Australia right here from November 22.
Rahul made 29 earlier than pacer Prasidh Krishna pinged on his elbow with a climbing supply, and the batter needed to stroll off after consulting with staff physio.
The 32-year-old is in line to open the innings if skipper Rohit Sharma doesn’t play within the first Take a look at of the five-match Border-Gavaskar Trophy collection.
“About Rahul…it is simply occurred so will take a while to evaluate (his elbow),” BCCI sources instructed PTI.
Rahul is in search of a Take a look at comeback as he was not picked within the beginning XI after the Bengaluru match towards New Zealand final month.
The Bengaluru man’s final Take a look at hundred was towards South Africa at Centurion in December 2023 and since then made simply two fifties in 9 innings.
Scans for Kohli
In the meantime, the Sydney Morning Herald reported that star batter Virat Kohli underwent scans on Thursday (November 14, 2024) for an unspecified harm.
Nevertheless, that didn’t stop Kohli from taking part in within the match simulation and he made 15 earlier than getting out.
“There’re no issues as of now with Virat Kohli,” the BCCI supply knowledgeable PTI.
Kohli is struggling for giant runs of late and his final Take a look at century was towards the West Indies at Port of Spain in July 2023.
Since then, the 36-year-old has made simply two fifties in 14 Take a look at innings.
Throughout the final 60 innings, Kohli has averaged a modest 31.68 with simply two tons of. His common in 2024 is a meagre 22.72 from six Exams.
Nevertheless, Kohli has excelled in Australian circumstances prior to now, averaging over 54 throughout 4 visits to Australia ranging from 2012-13.
Former India coach and captain Ravi Shastri had backed Kohli to regain his contact towards Australia.
“Effectively, the king is again in his territory,” Shastri stated on the ICC Evaluation present.
“That is all I’ll inform (the doubters). If you’ve earned that title after your exploits in Australia, it is going to be in your (opponent’s) thoughts whenever you exit to bat,” he added.
Revealed – November 15, 2024 11:33 am IST
