NEW DELHI: With two days left to announce the provisional squad for the ODI World Cup, Indian selectors have determined to draft KL Rahul into the squad after he cleared a health check on the National Cricket Academy.
While Rahul is slated to hitch the staff in Colombo for the rest of the Asia Cup, TOI understands that there’s going to be warning first method in direction of taking part in Rahul within the remaining ODIs over the following one month earlier than the World Cup begins on October 5.
Chief selector Ajit Agarkar had made it clear that Rahul would be the major wicket-keeping choice within the staff who bats at No. 5. But TOI has learnt that Rahul’s main concern was squatting whereas preserving wickets. The nature of his hamstring damage was such that it has taken an extended than anticipated for him to be match sufficient to maintain wickets for 50 overs.
“There has been no complaint when he bats. It’s while squatting that he has been feeling his hamstring. That has got much better in the past week. He will join the team for the Colombo leg of the Asia Cup. The World Cup team is likely to be announced in a day or two,” a BCCI supply mentioned.
The Indian staff administration is skinny on sources with regards to middle-order batting and wicket-keepers. In this state of affairs, Ishan Kishan turns into essential to the set-up. The selectors are unlikely to have any extra wicketkeepers within the squad of 15 for the World Cup moreover Ishan and Rahul.
“Ishan is seen as a back-up opener and a wicket-keeping option who can also bat at No. 5. The team management will be very cautious while pushing the players who are coming back from long injury layoffs. It doesn’t want any of the players getting injured right before the World Cup as that can disrupt their plans in a big way. The three-ODI series against Australia at home this month will be a fair indicator,” the supply added.
Shardul Thakur may very well be effectively positioned to discover a place within the World Cup squad. The Indian staff has been fearful about its batting depth in ODI cricket. Thakur provides that depth to batting regardless that it’s going to come at the price of a real wicket-taking third pacer.
The squad is unlikely to have anybody from outdoors the squad picked for the Asia Cup.
Source: timesofindia.indiatimes.com