New Delhi: The tension of Team India which has gone to Bangladesh (Bangladesh) has increased. The Indian team has been plagued by injuries to several players in the first two ODIs (ODIs) of the three-match series against Bangladesh. Captain Rohit Sharma and Deepak Chahar were injured after the second ODI and Kuldeep Sen was also injured after the first ODI. It is very difficult for Rohit Sharma to participate even in a two-match Test series. In such a situation, trouble is going to arise for the Indian players in the Test Series after the ODI series. The last ODI of the series between India and Bangladesh will be played on December 10 in Chattogram. For this, some changes have been made in the team of Team India.
If Rohit Sharma is out of the Test series then the biggest question is who will captain Team India in the Test series in his absence? Now according to a report, KL Rahul will be the captain in Rohit’s absence. Can get the captaincy of the team in the test series. When the BCCI also announced the Test squad, it made KL Rahul the vice-captain, so there is every possibility that Rahul will take over the captaincy. Let us remind you that Rahul is also going to captain India in the third ODI against Bangladesh.
Let us tell you that while making changes to the squad on Friday, BCCI has included Chinaman bowler Kuldeep Yadav in the squad for the last ODI. While Deepak Chahar and Kuldeep Sen have been asked to report to the National Cricket Academy (NCA) in Bengaluru. Apart from this, captain Rohit Sharma left for Mumbai after the second ODI and will be out of the last ODI. In such a situation, KL Rahul will take over the captaincy and Kuldeep Yadav can now be seen in the last ODI playing XI.
Rohit was injured in the toe
While fielding during Bangladesh’s innings, Rohit injured his left thumb which kept him out for the opener. However, Rohit entered the field after the seventh wicket fell. Rohit was praised by everyone as he came to bat with a bat despite a bruised left toe. Rohit almost won the Indian team by playing a brilliant half-century innings.
Kuldeep-Chahar is also injured
Head coach Rahul Dravid said about player injuries, ‘Some of our players are injured and they are struggling. This situation is not right. Kuldeep, Deepak and Rohit will definitely not play in the next match. Kuldeep Sen and Deepak are out of the series. Neither he nor Rohit will play in the next match and will return to Mumbai. Whether he will return for the Test match or not, he will not play the next match.
Test team against Bangladesh: Rohit Sharma (captain), KL Rahul (vice-captain), Shubman Gill, Cheteshwar Pujara, Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer, Rishabh Pant (wicketkeeper), KS Bharat (wicketkeeper), Ravichandran Ashwin, Ravindra Jadeja, A.S. Patel, Kuldeep Yadav, Shardul Thakur, Mohammad Shami, Mohammad Siraj, Umesh Yadav.
Rahul’s captaincy record is not special
Rahul has so far led India in one Test, six ODIs and one T20I. Under Rahul’s captaincy, India has won three ODIs and one T20I match. He led the Indian team for the first time in the tour of South Africa in January this year in the absence of Rohit Sharma. In the second Test match of that tour, Rahul got his first chance of captaincy in Test cricket due to the then captain Virat Kohli not being fully fit.
However, Rahul did not get off to a good start and lost that match by seven wickets. Later, Rahul also captained three ODIs against South Africa. Later, apart from the ODI series against Zimbabwe, Rahul also captained the team in the T20 against Afghanistan.