Ind vs Ban: KL Rahul injured, Cheteshwar Pujara captain

India is set to take on Bangladesh in the 2nd Test of the two-match series at Mirpur starting on December 22. However, the injury blow never-ending, as stand-in skipper KL Rahul is the latest among a long list of names to be injured before the Test Match. Ind vs Ban: KL Rahul injured, Cheteshwar Pujara captain.

KL Rahul suffering an injury during a training session ahead of the second match against Bangladesh that gets underway from Thursday. The seriousness of Rahul’s injury isn’t known but batting coach Vikram Rathour is hopeful the opening batter will be available for selection.

Rathour said the injury “doesn’t look serious”. “He (Rahul) seems to be fine. Hopefully he’ll be okay. The doctors are looking at it, but hopefully he’ll be okay,” he said. Rahul was hit on his right hand by the ball while batting in the nets during a throw-down session.

The development comes a day after BCCI confirmed that regular captain Rohit Sharma and fast bowler Navdeep Saini have been ruled out of contention from the 2nd Test of a two-match series which India lead 1-0 following a hard-fought victory in Chattogram.

Should Rahul be deemed unfit for selection on Thursday, in all likeliness Cheteshwar Pujara, the current vice-captain, will get a chance to lead India for the first time in Test cricket. Pujara ended his wait for a century with an excellent show in the series opener as he struck an unbeaten 102 off 130 – the quickest hundreds of his Test career – during the second innings.

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It was the 34-year-old’s first Test century in 52 innings having earlier missed out on a chance in the first innings of the match when he fell on 90. Rahul is the latest in the list of injured India stars. Jasprit Bumrah, Mohammed Shami, Ravindra Jadeja, Rohit and Saini have also been dealing with various injuries ruling them out from the entire Bangladesh Test series.