KL Rahul has been chosen within the checklist of Karnataka probables for the upcoming Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy. The home T20 match, scheduled to be held from October 16 to November 6, will run parallelly with the ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup.
Top performers on the lately concluded Maharaja Trophy KSCA T20 have been rewarded, with the likes of L. Manvanth Kumar, Abhilash Shetty, Luvnith Sisodia, Okay.L. Shrijith and L.R. Chethan making the grade. Senior batter R. Samarth has made a comeback, having amassed 422 runs at a strike-rate of 141.61 within the Maharaja Trophy.
However, opener Mohammed Taha has been neglected, regardless of being adjudged the participant of the match within the Maharaja Trophy, having scored 448 runs — second highest within the competitors — at a strike-rate of 173.64 to hold Hubli Tigers to the title.
Chairman of the choice committee, J. Abhiram, advised The Hindu that the decision was made with the longer term in thoughts.
“Due credit should be given to Taha, but with a lot of openers around, and a number of younger cricketers emerging, we have to look ahead,” Abhiram stated of the 29-year-old Taha. “If we don’t bring in youngsters now, we will not be able to build a team for the future.”
The seasoned trio of Shreyas Gopal, Okay.V. Siddharth and Karun Nair aren’t a part of the roster, for they’ve reportedly secured No Objection Certificates to ply their commerce outdoors Karnataka. It could also be famous that Siddharth and Karun weren’t a part of the T20 probables final season too.
There is not any place for the 29-year-old T20 specialist tweaker Okay.C. Cariappa both.
The checklist
Okay.L. Rahul, Mayank Agarwal, Prasidh Krishna, R. Samarth, Devdutt Padikkal, Manish Pandey, Abhinav Manohar, S.J. Nikin Jose, B.R Sharath, Okay. Gowtham, Shubhang Hegde, V. Vyshak, Vidwath Kaverappa, V. Koushik, L. Manvanth Kumar, Monish Reddy, L.R. Chethan, Okay.L. Shrijith, Luvnith Sisodia, R. Smaran, Abhilash Shetty, C.A. Karthik, J. Suchith, Pranav Bhatia, Manoj Bhandage, S.A. Rishi Bopanna, Pravin Dubey, M. Venkatesh.
Source: sportstar.thehindu.com