IND vs AUS, third ODI: KL Rahul walks off area, Ishan Kishan substitutes as wicketkeeper

KL Rahul walked off the sphere throughout India’s third ODI in opposition to Australia on the MA Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai on Wednesday.

Rahul, who saved the wickets till the sixteenth over, walked off throughout the break between overs. It is unclear whether or not the 30-year-old suffered an harm. After dropping the toss within the series-decider, India was requested to bowl by Australia beneath sweltering situations in Chepauk.

Mitchell Marsh and Travis Head obtained Australia off to a different sturdy begin earlier than Hardik Pandya eliminated the openers in succession. Hardik additionally snapped up Australia captain Steve Smith for a duck, caught behind by Rahul within the twelfth over. In Rahul’s absence, Ishan Kishan stepped in because the substitute wicketkeeper. Rahul later returned within the twenty ninth over to take over the duties behind the stumps.

Kishan had featured because the opener within the first ODI in Mumbai earlier than being changed by skipper Rohit Sharma within the XI within the second ODI in Hyderabad.