Big change in Team India for Zimbabwe series, now not Shikhar Dhawan, KL Rahul will be the captain, BCCI announced
Before the start of Zimbabwe tour, there has been a big change in Team India. KL Rahul has been declared fit and now he will captain Team India. Earlier Shikhar Dhawan was declared the captain of the team for this tour but now BCCI has announced the return of KL Rahul. India has to play a three-match ODI series against Zimbabwe from August 18, which is to be held in Harare.
Now this will be the team for the Zimbabwe series
KL Rahul (Captain), Shikhar Dhawan (Vice-Captain), Rituraj Gaikwad, Shubman Gill, Deepak Hooda, Rahul Tripathi, Ishan Kishan, Sanju Samson, Washington Sundar, Shardul Thakur, Kuldeep Yadav, Axar Patel, Avesh Khan, Prasidh Krishna, Mohd Siraj, Deepak Chahar
KL Rahul was battling injury
Let us tell you that KL Rahul has not been able to play any match since IPL 2022. Earlier he was to captain in the T20 series against South Africa, but a day before the start of the series, he was declared unfit and Rishabh Pant had to captain.
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After that he could not join the tour of England as he was not fit. KL Rahul got corona during the recently concluded West Indies tour. Since then, he was sweating at the National Cricket Academy in Bangalore.
KL Rahul has been declared match-fit after clearing the fitness test and will now captain India in the ODI series against Zimbabwe. KL Rahul will also appear in the Asia Cup and has been made the vice-captain of Team India.
Team India tour of Zimbabwe – (ODI series)
▪️1st ODI – August 18 (Thursday)
▪️2nd ODI – 20 August (Saturday)
▪️3rd ODI – 22 August (Monday)
