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Team India batsman KL Rahul has arrived at the National Cricket Academy (NCA) in Bengaluru to begin his extensive rehabilitation program after undergoing thigh surgery to make a comeback ahead of the ICC Men’s Asia Cup 2023 in Sri Lanka in September. ODI World Cup 2023 in October this year.
Rahul, who captains Lucknow Super Giants (LSG), was injured during an IPL 2023 match and had to be ruled out of the tournament and subsequent World Test Championship (WTC) final after undergoing thigh surgery. Rahul underwent a successful operation in the United Kingdom and on Tuesday posted pictures of the NCA on his social media account with the tweet ‘home’.
, pic.twitter.com/0BXpG03kdL— KL Rahul (@klrahul) June 13, 2023
Rahul, who bats in the middle order in ODI cricket and also dons the big gloves in the 50-over format, is a vital member in the ODI set-up in the absence of Rishabh Pant, who is also recovering from a horrific car injury. accident last December
The 31-year-old has scored 2,642 runs in 47 Tests, 1,986 runs in 54 ODIs and 2,265 runs in 72 T20Is, with 14 international hundreds.
Earlier, Rahul has expressed his best wishes to the members of the Indian team in their match against Australia in the ICC World Test Championship final at The Oval.
“Good luck boys. Let’s get to it,” KL Rahul had said on Instagram earlier this month. The batsman is recuperating from an injury sustained during the recently concluded Indian Premier League (IPL) and is not a part of the Indian team.
KL Rahul made solid contributions in the WTC 2021-23 cycle for India. He scored 636 runs in 11 matches at an average of 30.28. He scored two centuries and two fifties with a best score of 129 in 21 innings.
The Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) captain suffered the injury in their match against Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) on May 1. Chasing a ball in the outfield in the second over, he caught it on his thigh and then went limping off the ground. The BCCI announced the inclusion of Ishan Kishan in the squad for the World Test Championship in place of KL Rahul.
(With PTI inputs)
