KL Rahul dominated out for the third Take a look at in opposition to England, Devdutt Padikkal named alternative

Senior Workforce India batter KL Rahul has been dominated out of the third Take a look at match in opposition to England in Rajkot, which begins on Thursday, February 15. The correct-handed batter has been changed by his Karnataka teammate Devdutt Padikkal.

Each Rahul and all-rounder Ravindra Jadeja had been picked within the Indian crew for the remaining three Exams in opposition to England. Nevertheless, the BCCI had clearly said whereas saying the squad that the participation of the duo can be topic to health clearance from the medical crew.

An official launch from BCCI on Monday, February 12 confirmed:

“Mr. Rahul has reached 90 per cent of match health and is progressing properly below the supervision of the BCCI Medical Workforce. He’ll proceed his restoration course of on the Nationwide Cricket Academy (NCA) in Bengaluru to be fully match-fit for the fourth and fifth Take a look at.

“The Men’s Selection Committee named Devdutt Padikkal as KL Rahul’s replacement for the third Test, starting February 15, 2024,” the discharge added.

31-year-old Rahul had missed the second Take a look at in Visakhapatnam after complaining of ache in his proper quadriceps. He had scored 86 within the first innings of the opening Take a look at in Hyderabad and 22 within the second essay.

Talking of Padikkal, he scored 151 & 36 within the Ranji Trophy 2024 match in opposition to Tamil Nadu in Chennai, with chairman of selectors Ajit Agarkar watching the sport from the stands. The match ended on Monday in an exhilarating draw.

Earlier, the left-hander scored 193 in opposition to Punjab and 103 in opposition to Goa. He additionally impressed within the two unofficial Exams in opposition to England Lions, registering scores of 105, 65 & 21.

India’s up to date squad for third Take a look at: Rohit Sharma (c), Jasprit Bumrah (vc), Yashasvi Jaiswal, Shubman Gill, Rajat Patidar, Sarfaraz Khan, Dhruv Jurel (wk), KS Bharat (wk), R Ashwin, Ravindra Jadeja, Axar Patel, Washington Sundar, Kuldeep Yadav, Mohammed Siraj, Mukesh Kumar, Akash Deep, Devdutt Padikkal.

Devdutt Padikkal just lately opened up on regaining kind

After putting a powerful hundred for Karnataka in opposition to Tamil Nadu within the first innings, batting on the No. 3 place, he asserted that he had no points coming into bat one-down or opening.

“It’s just the way our team is set up. I don’t mind batting at No.3 and I don’t mind opening either. So that doesn’t really make a huge difference. So I just want to make sure wherever I bat, I contribute to the team,” he was quoted as saying in ESPNcricinfo.

An intestinal difficulty over the previous two years had affected Padikkal’s kind and health. Nevertheless, he appears to have regained his batting rhythm with some positive performances this season.

“To be honest, in the last couple of years I wasn’t doing too well. My performances were naturally dipping because of that. But I was always confident enough that I’d be back scoring runs at some point. Now that I’m back in terms of my fitness and health completely, I’m really happy I’m back scoring runs as well,” the 23-year-old asserted.

The Karnataka batter has notched up 556 runs in six innings in the ongoing Ranji Trophy, with three a whole lot to his credit score.