KL Rahul Speaks Out about Pujara Being replaced Over Pant

KL Rahul Speaks Out about Pujara Being replaced Over Pant : KL Rahul has been named captain for the forthcoming two-match Test series between India and Bangladesh, which begins on Wednesday, by the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI). Due to a thumb injury, regular captain Rohit Sharma will not play in this series. Other injured significant players who will miss the series due to their injuries include Jasprit Bumrah and Ravindra Jadeja in addition to Rohit.

Rishabh Pant, who has excelled for the national team in red-ball cricket, was overlooked when Cheteshwar Pujara was named vice-captain for the IND-BAN Tests by the BCCI, which was a shocking decision.

Stand-in skipper KL Rahul broke his silence about the topic and said,

“Don’t know the criteria for selecting vice-captain. Rohit is an important player for us. He is an experienced player and captain of our team. He is someone that the team will really miss but we hope he can recover quickly and comeback for the second Test”.

Chetan Sharma, a former cricketer for India who just resigned as BCCI chairman, claimed that Rahul, Pant, and Bumrah are being prepared for future leadership roles. Vice-captaincy will be a huge boost for Pujara, who is barely holding onto his berth in the Test squad. Rahul avoided talking about the vice captaincy when he was questioned.

Further KL Rahul said,

“Regarding vice-captain, at least I don’t know what is the criteria. Whoever is picked, you give yourself a pat on the back. It really doesn’t change too many things, everybody in the team knows their roles and responsibilities,”

When questioned if Pant could have been a better choice, KL responded,

“Rishabh and Pujara both have been brilliant for us in Test cricket and have done the job so many times. So we really don’t think much. The team wins as eleven players and when we go down we go down as whole team. Everyone has responsibility.” 

India lost their second-ever ODI series to Bangladesh, and they are coming off of that loss heading into the Test series. The first two games were won by the hosts, but the third ODI was won by the Men in Blue thanks to Kishan’s 200. The opening Test game will start on December 14.

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