Indian cricketer KL Rahul is on his road to recovery after his appendicitis operation last month. he had a successful operation and was undergoing his recovery at home. He was hospitalised with acute appendicitis and pulled out of the postponed IPL 2021 season at the start of this month. He and Wriddhiman Saha was named in the Indian squad subject to fitness clearance. However, the BCCI are yet to take a final call on whether they can travel with the squad to the UK.
KL Rahul Has Recovered Well: Sources
“He is doing fine and has recovered well as far as I know. He should be travelling to England with the team,” a source close to the player told IANS.
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There is still almost a month to go before the WTC final, Thus both Saha and Rahul have enough time t regain full fitness before boarding the plane to the UK. Both have not played too many Test matches for India in their Word Test Championship campaign.
“There is still time, about a month before the start of the World Test Championship final against New Zealand and another one-and-a-half month before the start of five-Test series against England. The Indian team has done this before too, taken injured Wriddhiman Saha to Australia last year and made him do rehab with the team,” added the source.
The Indian squad is currently quarantining in Mumbai before flying off on June 2. Saha is expected to join the squad in Mumbai on Monday. The selectors have named KS Bharat as Saha’s cover for the trip and he will travel with the tour.
KL Rahul last played a Test match for India against West Indies in Jamaica in 2019. He was a part of the Test squad against Australia but did not play any games. The 29-year-old has played 36 Test matches and scored 2006 runs with five centuries and 11 half-centuries.
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