KL Rahul will be replaced by Sanju Samson in India’s T20I team for their current tour of the West Indies as the BCCI announced on Friday (July 29). KL Rahul, who recently acquired COVID-19, was instructed to rest by the medical staff, according to a board release.
Rahul was selected for the five-match series on the condition that he would be match-fit. The opener missed the entire England tour as well as the domestic T20I matches against South Africa, for which he was designated as a captain initially, due to a groin injury that necessitated surgery. Rahul has not participated in T20Is or international cricket since the New Zealand series in the latter part of last year.
Updated India squad for 5 T20Is vs WI: Rohit Sharma (C), 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.
After whitewashing the West Indies tough men in the 50-over format, it is now time for the blues to tackle West Indies in their most dominating format. Exclusively elected Shikhar Dhawan created history with the whitewash win but it is now in the hands of the official skipper Rohit Sharma. Can the blues continue their power-pack performance or will the hosts make a strong comeback?