Explained: Why KL Rahul Wasn’t Picked In India’s T20I Squad For Afghanistan Series | Cricket News

The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) lastly ended the ready recreation and introduced India’s squad for the 3-mach T20I sequence in opposition to Afghanistan. Seeing the likes of Virat Kohli, Rohit Sharma, and Sanju Samson within the squad, a number of followers have been understandably elated however there have been these too who have been left to query the absence of wicket-keeper batter KL Rahul. The Karnataka lad could not discover a place within the staff as an opener or a middle-order batter, a place he has made his personal in ODIs and Tests, as the choice committee most well-liked different choices.

Rahul was one of many most interesting performers for India on the tour of South Africa, slamming a century on the difficult Centurion pitch. But, the choice committee, led by Ajit Agarkar, could not discover him a spot within the shortest format staff for the Afghanistan task.

Why KL Rahul Wasn’t Picked For Afghanistan T20Is?

As per a report within the Indian Express, Rahul wasn’t given the nod for the 3-match T20I sequence because the selectors fancied different choices, each for the opening and middle-order spots. Rahul has performed most of his T20 International video games as an opener, But the emergence of Shubman Gill, and Yashasvi Jaiswal made the competitors for the 2 opening spots more durable.

With the likes of Kohli and Rohit additionally within the squad, there was now not a spot out there on the high of the batting order.

When it involves wicket-keepers, the selectors most well-liked the duo of Jitesh Sharma and Sanju Samson are higher suited as finishers. Rahul, then again, hasn’t but performed this position in T20Is. The upcoming IPL, nevertheless, will assist Rahul lodge a case for himself as a specialist finisher who retains wickets.

The Karnataka lad should take up this position at his franchise Lucknow Super Giants, and guarantee he delivers if he’s to discover a spot in India’s T20 World Cup squad.

There is not a lot readability on the absence of Ishan Kishan both. The wicket-keeper batter requested to be relieved from the Test sequence in opposition to South Africa on account of a ‘private matter’. It is not but recognized what the explanation behind his withdrawal was and when he could be out there subsequent.