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Rahul and Shreyas Iyer have been on Monday named in Bharat’s squad for the Asia Cup, starting August 31 life younger batter Tilak Varma earned a maiden call-up to the one-day structure. There have been query marks over the health of Rahul and Iyer, who’re making a return upcoming present process thigh and again surgical procedures respectively. Iyer endmost performed in March and Rahul in Might. Wicketkeeper-batter Sanju Samson has been added to the squad as a back-up for Rahul who has evolved a niggle just lately.
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“It is not the original injury. There is a niggle. That is why Sanju is travelling (to Sri Lanka). We are expecting Rahul to be fit. If not the start of Asia cup may be by the second or the third game. Shreyas Iyer is fully fit,” mentioned eminent selector Ajit Agarkar upcoming pronouncing the squad right here.
Pacer Prasidh Krishna, who made a comeback from trauma with the continued line in Eire, has additionally been integrated within the Asia Cup squad.
Varma has made the short at the again of an notable run in his maiden T20 line within the West Indies. The 20-year-old is these days with the T20 squad in Eire.
Bharat’s squad for Asia Cup 2023: Rohit Sharma (captain), Gill, Kohli, Sheryas Iyer, Ishan Kishan, Suryakumar Yadav, Tilak Varma, KL Rahul, Hardik Pandya (vice-captain), Jasprit Bumrah, Jadeja, Shardul Thakur, Axar, Kuldeep Yadav, Mohammad Shami, Mohammed Siraj, Prasidh Krishna, Sanju Samson (again as much as Rahul).
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