Team India: Currently, India is playing a three-match Test series with New Zealand. Whose second match is being played from today 24th October. The first match of this series was in favor of New Zealand. There is one player in this series who was given a chance by the team but that 32-year-old player did not take advantage of that opportunity and became a burden on the team.
Due to which the 37-year-old player may get a chance in the team by excluding him from the upcoming Border Gavaskar series. So let us know who is the player in whose place the 37-year-old player will return to the team-
This player became a burden on the team
Team India is currently playing a Test series with New Zealand in which KL Rahul has got a place in the team's squad. Not only this, he was also in the playing 11 of the first match. Despite this, he could not show any special performance with his bat. The selectors continuously give him opportunities and he seems to be continuously losing those opportunities.
His performance in the New Zealand series was very poor. Due to which he did not get a place in the team in the second match against the Kiwis. Now it is feared that he will not be given any chance in the Border Gavaskar series to be held with Australia in November. The team will return a 37-year-old player in his place.
This player will return to the team
37-year-old Test cricket king Cheteshwar Pujara may return to the team. It is believed that Pujara may get KL Rahul's place in Team India in the Border Gavaskar series against Australia. Let us tell you that recently while playing for Saurashtra, Pujara had scored a double century against Chhattisgarh.
He played his last match for Team India against Australia in 2023. Pujara has played 103 test matches for India. In which he has scored 7195 runs at an average of 43.60.
KL's cricket career
KL Rahul is going through his bad phase. Despite getting the opportunity, he is not able to perform as he wants. KL has played 53 Tests, 77 ODIs and 72 T20 matches in his cricket career so far. He has scored 2981 runs in 53 Test matches at an average of 33.87. He has the best average in ODI cricket, he has scored 2851 runs in 77 ODI matches at an average of 49.15 and 2265 runs in 72 T20 matches at an average of 37.75.