KL Rahul ruled out of India vs Pakistan clash in Asia Cup

KL Rahul will not be available for India’s first match of Asia Cup 2023 against Pakistan which will played on September 2 in Kandy, Sri Lanka.

KL Rahul will not be available for India’s first match of Asia Cup 2023 against Pakistan which will played on September 2 in Kandy, Sri Lanka.

Team India coach Rahul Dravid said at a press conference here that KL Rahul is progressing well from the niggle he picked after recovering from his injury and will be under the National Cricket Academy (NCA) supervision till September 4.

“He (KL Rahul) had a good week with us, he is progressing really well on the route that we want to take, but he will be unavailable for the first part of the Kandy leg of the trip. The NCA will be looking after him while we are travelling. We will reassess him on fourth (September 4) and we will take it from there. The signs are good and he is progressing really well,” Dravid said.