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.
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.