KL Rahul will be out of T20-ODI series against Sri Lanka, sought leave for marriage

KL Rahul Wedding: The current vice-captain of the Indian team, KL Rahul, is in headlines these days for his marriage. After the completion of Bangladesh tour, Indian team will play home series of ODI and T20 International matches against Sri Lanka. The series will start from January 3 (Tuesday), 2023. A total of 3 T20 Internationals and 3 ODIs will be played in the series. In this series, it seems certain that KL Rahul will be out due to his marriage. Rahul will be out of the team in this entire series only.

Will take leave from BCCI

KL Rahul will take leave from BCCI for his marriage. Rahul will marry Bollywood’s famous actress Athiya Shetty. Although the date of his marriage has not been fixed yet, it is expected that he will get married during the Sri Lanka series itself. After marriage, he will once again join the team in the New Zealand series, which will be played from January 18, 2023.

Rahul’s leave from T20 International fixed

The year 2022 has been very bad for KL so far and it is expected that he will be dropped from T20 International this time. This year, he has scored 137 runs in a total of 4 Tests at an average of just 17.12. A half-century has been included in this. At the same time, in 10 ODIs, he has scored 251 runs at an average of 27.88. In this, only two half-centuries have come out of his bat. Apart from this, in T20 International this year, he has scored 434 runs in 16 matches at an average of 28.93. In this, he has scored 6 half-centuries. This year, he has scored a total of 822 runs in 30 international matches at an average of 25.68.

Other players may get a chance

In place of Rahul, other players can be given a chance in the T20 International team. It includes Ishaan Kishan, Sanju Samson and Deepak Hooda. On the other hand, Ishaan Kishan is seeing the most chances of getting a chance in T20 International. He recently impressed everyone by scoring a blistering double century.

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