February 29 : For nearly a month, there has been uncertainty around India’s wicketkeeper batter KL Rahul’s fitness and his participation in the final Test of the series against England as well as in the upcoming Indian Premier League (IPL) as the player continues to recover from a quadricep tendon injury.
According to ESPNcricinfo, Rahul is now in London to visit a doctor about his injury, which has kept him out of the second, third, and fourth Tests against England after he played the series opener in Hyderabad.
Rahul complained of stiffness in his right quadriceps shortly following India’s loss in the first Test. The early diagnosis from BCCI medical personnel at the National Cricket Academy (NCA) in Bengaluru, where Rahul went for rehab, said he would be ready for the third Test, which was played in Rajkot from February 15 to 18. The selectors had nominated Rahul to the remaining three Tests, subject to fitness.
Since complaining of stiffness in the quadriceps during the Hyderabad Test, Rahul even after attaining “90% match fitness and progressing well” could not play second, third and fourth Tests against England after he played the first Test.