ODI World Cup 2023: KL Rahul In, another top player misses out

BCCI’s selection commission has reportedly perfected the 15- member India team for the ODI World Cup 2023 after the Asia Cup match between India and Pakistan at Pallekele on Saturday.

KL Rahul eventually got a concurrence from the National Cricket Academy, has reportedly been included in India’s 15- member provisional team for the World Cup, which will be declared moment. Rahul is recovering from a hamstring operation at the NCA in Bengaluru and is anticipated to suffer a final fitness drill before joining the rest of the Indian team in Sri Lanka.

World Cup 2023 team for squad India was anticipated to be declared on September 4, ahead of the September 5 deadline, but the announced has been forward by a day with KL Rahul’s fitness concurrence. Rahul, who’s anticipated to keep wickets for India, is likely to reclaim his number 5 spot, while Ishan Kishan could be retained as the alternate wicketkeeper- batsman, leaving Sanju Samson out of the World Cup team.

According to a report in The Indian Express, the BCCI‘s selection commission picked the 15- member team late on Saturday. Chairman of Slection committee Ajit Agarkar flew to Sri Lanka where he met Indian captain Rohit Sharma and trainer Rahul Dravid after the washed out India- Pakistan match.

Sanju Samson, who travelled to Sri Lanka as a backup player for the Asia Cup, wasn’t given a place in the ODI World Cup squad. Along with them, beginners Tilak Verma and Parshid Krishna have also reportedly been given a gate pass from the World Cup team.

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India’s provisional squad for World Cup 2023 Rohit Sharma( Captain), Hardik Pandya(vice-captain), Shubman Gill, Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer, KL Rahul, Ravindra Jadeja, Shardul Thakur, Jasprit Bumrah, Mohammed Siraj, Kuldeep Yadav, Mohammed Shami, Axar Patel, Ishan Kishan, Suryakumar Yadav.