Srikkanth expressed his displeasure over Rahul's inclusion in the Asia Cup team, said - do not choose him in the team

Former India player Krishnamachari Srikkanth has taken a jibe at the selectors for picking wicketkeeper-batsman KL Rahul in the squad for the Asia Cup 2023, starting on August 30. Let us tell you that Rahul had suffered a thigh injury during IPL 2023. Since then he was running out of the team due to injury. He has recovered from injury and returned to the Indian team selected for the Asia Cup 2023. 

Srikkanth said, "It is being said that KL Rahul has some niggle. If you have any shortcomings, don't pick him in the team. If a player is not fit during the selection, then you shouldn't pick him. That's our point. The policy was. If a player is not fit on the day of selection, don't select him. If you want to select him for the World Cup, select him for the World Cup. This is a different issue. Now they are saying that he Can play after a few matches and that's why we have picked Sanju Samson as the traveling reserve. What is it all about."

The Asia Cup will act as a rehearsal for India ahead of the World Cup in October-November as the team for the mega event will be selected based on that. If Rahul has to cement his claim for the World Cup, he will be under pressure to perform well in the Asia Cup. Now it will be known in the coming few days how Rahul performs. It is being heard that he might miss some of the opening matches in the Asia Cup. 

Talking about the ODI career of right-handed batsman KL Rahul, he has represented India in 54 matches and managed to score 1986 runs at an average of 45.14. During this, 5 centuries and 13 half-centuries have been seen with his bat. Rahul's highest score in ODIs is 112 runs. 

Indian squad for Asia Cup 2023: Virat Kohli, Rohit Sharma (captain), Shubman Gill, Shreyas Iyer, KL Rahul (wicketkeeper), Ravindra Jadeja, Hardik Pandya (vice-captain), Jasprit Bumrah, Kuldeep Yadav, Mohd. Siraj, Mohd. Shami, Tilak Verma, Ishan Kishan (wicketkeeper), Shardul Thakur, Akshar Patel, Suryakumar Yadav, Tilak famous Krishna. 

Standby player: Sanju Samson