IND vs SA: KL Rahul Named India Vice-Captain As Hardik Pandya Gets Ruled Out Of World Cup 2023 - Reports

Indian wicketkeeper-batsman KL Rahul has reportedly been appointed as the vice-captain for the ICC World Cup 2023. According to reports, the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) has named KL Rahul as deputy to Rohit Sharma for the remainder of the World Cup.

Hardik Pandya, who was designated as India’s vice-captain, has been ruled out of the World Cup due to an injury sustained during the match against Bangladesh. The International Cricket Council (ICC) has approved pacer Prasidh Krishna as Pandya’s replacement player.

The BCCI Appointed KL Rahul As The Vice Captain – Report

As per the Indian Express, KL Rahul has been appointed as the vice-captain of the Indian team for the remainder of the ICC ODI World Cup. The senior selection committee made a decision, and Ajit Agarkar conveyed the news to Rahul while traveling with the team.

“The BCCI has appointed KL Rahul as the vice-captain of the Indian team for the remainder of the World Cup. He was informed about it on Saturday morning by chairman of selection committee, Ajit Agarkar, who is traveling with the team,” a BCCI official told The Indian Express.

KL Rahul has been chosen as vice-captain, considering his decision-making ability behind the wickets in the tournament. The batter was preferred over ace pacer Jasprit Bumrah for the role. He will be part of the team management discussion during the tournament.

I Have Put A Lot Of Effort Into This – KL Rahul

The 31-year-old recently shared that he put considerable effort into addressing the outside noise and negative influences on his mental state. Rahul stated that the external factors started affecting him over the past year.

“I have put a lot of effort into this. I tried to address it. Outside noise for a long time, I thought it won’t affect me, but in the last year or so it started affecting me,” Rahul told reporters in Lucknow.

“I tried to work on that side. Mentally you need to get a lot stronger, a lot more thick-skinned. So yeah, that really helped me being away from the game. There are specialists, batting specialists, bowling specialists, there are specialist mental coaches that you can really use and can work with if you feel that it will help. So, I tried a bit of everything,” he added.

India World Cup Squad: Rohit Sharma (c), Shubman Gill, Shreyas Iyer, Virat Kohli, Ishan Kishan (wk), Suryakumar Yadav, KL Rahul (wk) (vc), Ravindra Jadeja, Shardul Thakur, Axar Patel, Jasprit Bumrah, Mohammed Shami, Mohammed Siraj, Kuldeep Yadav, Prasidh Krishna

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