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IND vs AUS: BCCI axes KL Rahul from vice-captaincy’s position

New Delhi: KL Rahul has been removed from his role as vice-captain by the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) after his poor runs from the bat in the Border-Gavaskar Trophy. However, the star batter still retained his place in the squad for remaining two matches. KL Rahul lean patch with the bat The […]

New Delhi: KL Rahul has been removed from his role as vice-captain by the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) after his poor runs from the bat in the Border-Gavaskar Trophy. However, the star batter still retained his place in the squad for remaining two matches.

KL Rahul lean patch with the bat

The 30-year-old batter scored 17 off 41 balls in the 1st innings of the 2nd Test, crumbled for a forgetful individual score in India’s second task at the Arun Jaitely Stadium. After that, Indian openner was dismissed for 1 off 3 balls. India registered a comfortable 6 wickets win against the Australia in 2nd Test match.

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Indian captain Rohit Sharma came into the Rahul’s rescue in the post match conference, Rohit said the team management remained convinced about Rahul’s ability as a Test-match opener.

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Rohit supported Rahul

“Of late there has been a lot of talk about his batting, but for us as team management, we always look at the potential of any individual, not just KL,” Rohit said. “I was asked in the past about lot of players, and if the guy has potential, guys will get that extended run. It’s not just about KL, but anyone,” Rohit said in post match conference.

“If you look at the couple of hundreds he got outside India, two of the best I’ve seen from KL, especially at Lord’s – batting on a damp pitch, losing the toss, put in [to bat], and playing in England is never easy, and he put in a great performance there, and Centurion was another one. Both came in India wins, so again, that’s the potential he has,” Rohit added.
“Obviously, of late,` there has been a lot of talk, but it was clear from our side that we want him to go out and just play his game and do what he can do best, that we have seen him over the years,” skipper said.

BCCI released the squad for remaing two matches

The Indian cricket board sent out a press release announcing the squad for the third and fourth Tests of the series. The squad was unchanged apart from one small detail. There was no vice-captain.

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