Published: Sep 09, 2024, 09:09 PM (IST)
Edited: Sep 09, 2024, 10:53 PM (IST)
The Indian cricket Team is going to continue their World Test Championship (WTC) campaign by hosting Bangladesh for a two-match Test series later this month. BCCI named a 16-member squad for the series.
Rishabh Pant made his return to Test cricket with Yash Dayal receiving his maiden call for Tests. Though, the question which has been increasing tension has been who will be preferred between KL Rahul and Sarfaraz Khan.
Both of the players have had their fair share of struggles and will be expected to face each other for the spot. But according to a PTI report, the management is going to prefer Rahul over Sarfaraz as of now. Rahul has been around the Indian team for a long time and his experience might come in handy when needed.
A BCCI source told PTI, “For people on the outside, they don’t understand how a team works and what are the systems in place. In his last three Test matches, KL scored a century in South Africa, one of the best Test knocks in recent times and 86 at Hyderabad in the last Test he played before injury.”
“He was not dropped but got injured. So, he is fit and available, scored a fifty in Duleep, got match time and he will start.”
The source further added, “Sarfaraz has done everything right and mind it, if there is an injury anywhere, he will just walk in but Rahul’s experience is irreplaceable. And the team management is not just looking at Bangladesh, they are looking at Australia where previous experience matters.
