KL Rahul tests positive for COVID-19, likely to miss T20Is against WI

Ahead of the upcoming white-ball series against West Indies, Indian opner KL Rahul on Thursday tested positive for COVID-19. Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) president Sourav Ganguly informed Rahul after the Board's Apex Council meeting in Mumbai.

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India and West Indies will square off in three ODIs from July 22 to July 27. The five-match T20I series will start on July 29 and will conclude on August 7.

KL Rahul, who underwent surgery recently and had resumed his training at the NCA in Bengaluru, was named in the T20I squad against West Indies and was supposed to take a fitness test in a couple of days.

After being tested positive for COVID-19, it is unlikely for the opening batter to travel to the West Indies.

On the other hand, Kuldeep Yadav has cleared the fitness test and is now available for selection. Team India arrived in Trinidad on Wednesday for the white-ball series against West Indies.

India has announced its squad for both ODI and T20I series. Senior players like Virat Kohli and Jasprit Bumrah are missing from both squads.

India's squad for 3 ODIs:

Shikhar Dhawan (Captain)
Ruturaj Gaikwad
Shubman Gill
Deepak Hooda
Suryakumar Yadav
Shreyas Iyer
Ishan Kishan (wk)
Sanju Samson (wk)
Ravindra Jadeja (vice-captain)
Shardul Thakur
Axar Patel
Yuzvendra Chahal
Avesh Khan
Prasidh Krishna
Mohammed Siraj
Arshdeep Singh

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India's squad for 5 T20Is:

Rohit Sharma (Captain)
Ishan Kishan
KL Rahul
Suryakumar Yadav
Deepak Hooda
Shreyas Iyer
Dinesh Karthik (wk)
Rishabh Pant (wk)
Hardik Pandya
Ravindra Jadeja
Axar Patel
R Ashwin
Ravi Bishnoi
Kuldeep Yadav
Bhuvneshwar Kumar
Avesh Khan
Harshal Patel
Arshdeep Singh