India batter KL Rahul suffered an damage scare throughout a match simulation session on the WACA in Perth on Friday morning.
The 32-year-old Rahul opened the batting with Yashasvi Jaiswal as India made their potential plans to interchange captain Rohit Sharma who’s prone to miss the primary Border-Gavaskar Trophy Check towards Australia on the Perth Stadium beginning in every week.
In response to reporters on the venue, Rahul was hit on his proper forearm/elbow off a bumpy quick supply. Although he tried to renew his batting after some assist from the physio, Rahul determined to stroll off the sector.
KL Rahul’s not wanting very snug after being struck on his proper elbow/forearm off a rising supply. Tried to renew batting by shaking it off however clearly couldn’t. And now leaving with the physio #AusvInd pic.twitter.com/JFivRNx7af
— Bharat Sundaresan (@beastieboy07) November 15, 2024
The Karnataka batter has been driving a tough patch after being initially slated for a middle-order spot earlier than India’s dwelling Check sequence towards New Zealand with the backing from captain Rohit and head coach Gautam Gambhir.
Rahul was, nonetheless, dropped after the primary Check in Bengaluru earlier than India suffered a harrowing 3-0 sequence defeat. He was then drafted into the India A squad for the second unofficial recreation just lately towards Australia A in Melbourne.
Rahul had a torrid outing after he was moved again to the highest of the order in a gap audition alongside Abhimanyu Easwaran, who was picked in India’s Check squad as back-up for Rohit. Rahul managed scores of 4 and 10 whereas additionally being criticised for a comical dismissal towards spinner Corey Rocchiccioli, providing no shot to a fuller supply that castled him round his legs.
Rahul, who averages 33.87 after 51 Checks, has solely aggregated 187 runs in 9 innings in Australia.