KL Rahul is not reliable for T20 World Cup, has been out injured 4 times in 7 months
Injury lowers management’s trust in KL Rahul
The incident that left KL Rahul with an injury has raised many questions, the biggest of which is whether KL Rahul will prove to be a reliable player for the T20 World Cup and as a future Indian captain. It is noteworthy that in the last 7 months, KL Rahul has been out of the series for the Indian team 4 times due to injuries, in such a situation alarm bells are ringing for the selectors and BCCI. Being out in 4 out of the last 7 series, it is finding it very difficult for the team management to trust him.
Injury ruled out 4 out of 7 series
With this injury, KL Rahul has become in the list of Indian players who are seen to be injured the most, which includes the names of Rohit Sharma, Suryakumar Yadav and Ravindra Jadeja. Talking about KL Rahul, he was ruled out of the two-match Test series against New Zealand due to a Thai strain in November 2021, while West Indies and Sri Lanka were ruled out of the tour in February 2021 due to a left hamstring injury. Due to this injury, he could not even make a comeback in the Test series against Sri Lanka.
Difficult to go on tour of England
The Indian team now has to play several bilateral series, due to which the selectors have adopted a rotation policy. Senior players of the team Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli, Mohammed Shami, Jasprit Bumrah and Mohammad Siraj have been rested from the South Africa series. Now KL Rahul is also likely to be ruled out of England tour due to groin injury, although he will go on tour with the team and try to be fit in rehab and available for selection. The Indian team has to play a Test match against England from July 1 and a series of 3 ODIs and 3 T20 matches from July 7 to 17.
There was also a setback on the hopes of captaincy
It is worth noting that KL Rahul was seen as the first choice after Rohit Sharma as the future captain of the Indian team but his frequent injuries have raised alarm bells and now the selectors have to be other than him. The focus has to be on making choices. Simultaneously, KL Rahul lost the opportunity to lead the Indian team at home as he failed to do so when he got the opportunity to captain the Test and ODI series against South Africa and played in one of the four international matches. Couldn’t win.
If Pant wins the series, there will be a big advantage
On the other hand, if Rishabh Pant manages to maintain the winning streak against South Africa, then he will stand ahead of Rahul in the race for future captains. Meanwhile, BCCI has sent Indian team physio Nitin Patel to the NCA to hone the art of injury recovery so that he can make the right changes and build a framework that can make the NCA the best rehab center in the world.
