KL Rahul’s announcement that he will be having surgery to heal his ailing tendon was an enormous setback to the Indian Cricket Team. He also declared himself off of the 2023 IPL and the next World Test Championship (WTC) final at the Oval versus Australia from June 7–11 as well.
There have been rumours that Suryakumar Yadav may be selected for the starting lineup after being moved to the reserves for the crucial one-off Test Match due to the injury. Yet, Sourav Ganguly, a former captain of India, has proposed a different name.
On asked whom he thought might replace KL Rahul in the starting XI, Sourav Ganguly responded that Ajinkya Rahane deserves to be included, yet Rahul Dravid should make the final decision. Rahane is present, hence Rahul Dravid should make the decision, Ganguly informed the media.
When he was included in the team of fifteen to face Australia in the WTC final, Ajinkya Rahane earned his return into the Test system. After rediscovering himself in the IPL 2023, Rahane is currently in excellent form. The experienced batsman has hit 224 runs for Chennai Super Kings this season at an astounding strike rate of over 189. Having last appeared for India against South Africa at the beginning of 2022, he is back in the Test team.
