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‘Sanju Samson ko shanti nahi hai’ - Fans react to viral video of KL Rahul practising batting and wicket-keeping as he recovers from injury

Here is how fans have reacted to the viral video of KL Rahul having batting and wicket-keeping sessions at nets

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Team India won the three-match ODI series in West Indies 2-1 and now, they will be in action for a five-match T20I series in the Windies, starting on 3 August 2023. After that, they will play a three-match T20I series against Ireland, starting on 18 August. Reports were there that KL Rahul might make a comeback from his injury setback in that series.

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But, when the squad got announced, KL Rahul and Shreyas Iyer failed to get a place. Players like Prasidh Krishna and Jasprit Bumrah made a comeback in the squad. However, now, Rahul shared a video on his Instagram where he was seen having batting and wicket-keeping sessions. Seeing that, fans went crazy and shared their views on social media.

Here is an image from that video:

KL Rahul last played for the Men in Blue in March 2023

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Speaking about Rahul, he sustained the injury during the IPL 2023 while playing for Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) against Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB). After that, he got ruled out of the World Test Championship (WTC) final and the recent bilateral series for the Men in Blue. Currently, he is in the National Cricket Academy (NCA), Bengaluru and has been having intense sessions in order to get recovered as quickly as possible. On 21 July, the Indian Cricket Board shared an update regarding his injury. 

They claimed that Rahul has resumed batting in nets along with some strength and fitness drills. They were also looking to increase their intensity regarding skills, strength, and conditioning. Before IPL, the Indian team management were looking at him as a wicketkeeping option, especially in both the white ball formats. Hence, if he gets fit in the coming days, it will be a huge boost to Rohit Sharma and his men in the context of the upcoming big events like the Asia Cup in Sri Lanka and the ODI World Cup in India. Rahul last played for India in March 2023.

Here is how fans have reacted:

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