KL Rahul: The Indian cricket team may have retained its hold on the Border-Gavaskar Trophy, but everyone is very worried about the form of KL Rahul. After winning the Delhi Test match, when the team was announced for the last 2 Test matches, Rahul’s name was there in it but he was removed from the responsibility of vice-captaincy.
So far in this Test series, KL Rahul has batted in 3 innings in which he has been able to score only 20, 17 and 1 runs. In such a situation, it can be decided to include Shubman Gill, who is running in excellent form, in the playing eleven in his place in the third Test. After the Delhi Test match, all the players of the Indian team have gone on a short break and they will reach Indore on 25th February.
On February 19, when the Indian selection committee headed by Shiv Sundar Das announced the team for the last 2 Test matches and the ODI team, it also decided to release Rahul from the responsibility of vice-captaincy. Even though captain Rohit Sharma and coach Rahul Dravid are constantly supporting Rahul in front of the camera in this bad phase, a different picture is visible in the dressing room.
A senior BCCI official said in his statement to Inside Sports that it was our view that we should help them as much as we can. His place in the team looks very uncertain, Rahul has done well in the past on overseas tours but this time around he is not playing at that level and is struggling to retain his place in the team. We decided not to tinker with the winning team much and that is why Rahul has been retained in the team.
After all, who will play the responsibility of vice-captain in the third test match?
With KL Rahul being removed from the responsibility of vice-captaincy, now Shubman Gill’s playing in the Indore Test match is also considered almost certain. At the same time, in the third test match, all the questions are being asked about which player will play the responsibility of the vice-captaincy. In such a situation, Rohit Sharma has been given the responsibility that he can choose his successor.
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