MUMBAI: The BCCI has asked India batter KL Rahul to turn out for the three-match ODI series against England at home on February, after initially deciding to rest him till the Champions Trophy, according to a reliable source.
“The selectors initially decided to rest Rahul, who plays in the middle order and is a wicketkeeper in the ODIs, from the entire white-ball series against England at home. However, they had a rethink and the BCCI has now asked him to play in the ODI series so that he gains some match practice ahead of the Champions Trophy in February,” the source said.
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While he hasn’t been a part of India’s T20 side of late, Rahul has been India’s No 1 ‘keeper-batter in the ODIs where he has consistently scored runs in the middle-order.
After returning from Australia, where he featured in all the five Tests in a gruelling Border-Gavaskar Trophy series, Rahul had decided to opt out of the Karnataka squad for the ongoing Vijay Hazare Trophy knockouts, which began from Thursday in Vadodara.