After defeat to New Zealand, BCCI will send KL Rahul and Dhruv Jurel to Australia 

IND vs AUS: BCCI took a big decision after the embarrassing defeat in the Test series against New Zealand. BCCI is going to send two players to Australia before the upcoming Border-Gavaskar Trophy.

Mon, 04 Nov 2024 02:12 PM (IST)
After defeat to New Zealand, BCCI will send KL Rahul and Dhruv Jurel to Australia 
After defeat to New Zealand, BCCI will send KL Rahul and Dhruv Jurel to Australia 

India played very badly and got defeated in the Test series against New Zealand by 0-3. After the bad defeat in the series, the BCCI has suddenly taken a big decision. The board has decided to send two-star players of the Indian team to Australia suddenly. These two players are KL Rahul and Dhruv Jurel.

After New Zealand, now India has to play a five-Test Border-Gavaskar Trophy on the tour of Australia. For India, this series is going to be very significant regarding the final of the World Test Championship. Earlier, India A reached Australia. Where in the first unofficial test, India A had to face defeat at the hands of Australia A. The BCCI has decided to send Dhruv Jurel and KL Rahul to Australia before Team India reaches Australia; they will join the India A squad to practice and get accustomed to the conditions in Australia, starting with training. The first test of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy will be played from November 22nd.

Actually, the second unofficial test between India A and Australia A will be played from Thursday, November 7. According to the report of Indian Express, KL Rahul and Dhruv Jurel can reach Australia by Tuesday morning. KL Rahul played a test against New Zealand but was out of the next two tests due to poor performance. At the same time, Dhruv Jurel got wicket-keeping in only one inning after Rishabh Pant got injured.

Indian team squad for Australia tour: Rohit Sharma (captain), Jasprit Bumrah (vice-captain), Yashasvi Jaiswal, Shubman Gill, Virat Kohli, KL Rahul, Rishabh Pant (wicketkeeper), Abhimanyu Easwaran, Sarfaraz Khan, Dhruv Jurel (wicketkeeper), Washington Sundar, R Ashwin, Ravindra Jadeja, Akash Deep, Prasidh Krishna, Harshit Rana, Mohammed Siraj, Nitish Kumar Reddy.

Muskan Kumawat Journalist & Content Writer