KL Rahul Set To Become Test Vice-Captain For The Series Against South Africa – Reports

Star Indian opening batsman KL Rahul is all set to become the Test vice-captain of the India National Cricket Team for the upcoming three-match Test series against South Africa.

Ajinkya Rahane was removed from test vice-captaincy after his extremely poor performance with the bat in Tests in 2021. He captained the Indian team in the Kanpur Test against New Zealand in the absence of original captain Virat Kohli. However, he suffered a niggle and was dropped from the second Test and Shreyas Iyer replaced him and smashed a century and half-century in the Mumbai Test.

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Meanwhile, with Rahane’s poor run with the bat and the emergence of Shreyas Iyer and Hanuma Vihari, there was a question mark over Rahane’s place in the Playing XI.

So, Rahane was removed from vice-captaincy and senior Indian opener Rohit Sharma was appointed as new deputy of Virat Kohli in Test cricket and he was set to be part of the upcoming South Africa Test series. However, Rohit Sharma suffered a hamstring injury during a training session and was ruled out of the Test series against South Africa.

With Rohit Sharma Missing, KL Rahul Would Be The Vice-captain – Reports

If reports are to be believed KL Rahul who is the vice-captain of the Indian T20I team will also take over the vice-captain’s responsibility in the longest format of the game in the South Africa tour in the absence of Rohit Sharma.

“Yes, with Rohit missing, KL Rahul would be the vice-captain,” the Sources in the know of developments told ANI

Earlier, the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) had confirmed that Rohit Sharma was injured and ruled out of the South Africa series and Priyank Panchal was named as his replacement in the team. However, no vice-captain was named during the announcement made by the BCCI.

“Team India Test vice-captain Rohit Sharma sustained a left hamstring injury during his training session here in Mumbai yesterday, He has been ruled out of the upcoming 3-match Test series against South Africa. Priyank Panchal will replace Rohit Sharma in the Test squad,” BCCI stated in an official release.

Meanwhile, the India tour of South Africa is scheduled to begin from December 26 and India will play three Tests and three ODIs in the tour.

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