The star batter KL Rahul is available for the second unofficial test against England Lions, which is set to begin on June 06. He is set to leave India on Monday to join the India A squad in England.
According to reports, Rahul will be leaving India on Monday. After Delhi Capitals failed to qualify for the IPL 2025 playoffs, the wk-batter reached out to BCCI officials, expressing his interest in playing the second unofficial test at the County Ground in Northampton.
KL Rahul will be playing a crucial role in the Indian team for the upcoming five-match Test series as Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma has announced retirement form test cricket.
“He will be flying on Monday and will be playing a second warm up game with the India A side. As he is part of the senior men’s team, which will be playing five Test matches in the series, these matches will give him game time and match practice,” said a BCCI source.
KL Rahul had a decent outing in the Border Gavaskar Trophy, scoring 255 runs in five matches at an average of 30.66.
However, it is unclear over KL Rahul’s batting position in the upcoming series. If Abhimanyu Easwaran does well in the first unofficial test, the Bengal opener can pair with Yashasvi Jaiswal and KL Rahul can fit in No. 6.
Several of India squad are featuring in the first unofficial test in Canterbury. The list inlcudes the likes of Easwaran, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Karun Nair, Nitish Kumar Reddy and Shardul Thakur.
India Squad for England Tests: Shubman Gill (c), Rishabh Pant (wk/vc), Yashasvi Jaiswal, KL Rahul, Sai Sudharsan, Abhimanyu Easwaran, Karun Nair, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Ravindra Jadeja, Dhruv Jurel (wk), Washington Sundar, Shardul Thakur, Jasprit Bumrah, Mohammed Siraj, Prasidh Krishna, Akash Deep, Arshdeep Singh, Kuldeep Yadav.
