Ishan Kishan replaces injured KL Rahul in WTC final squad

KL Rahul injured himself while fielding during the ongoing IPL 2023 in a game between the Lucknow and Bangalore. The wicketkeeper-batter then made the official announcement of the extent of his injury. He said that he won’t be participating in the remainder of the IPL 2023, and will also be out of the World Test Championship Final that is set to be played next month.

BCCI has now announced Ishan Kishan as KL Rahul’s replacement in the Indian squad. Australia & India will play the final on June 7 at The Oval.

India’s updated squad for WTC final: Rohit Sharma (Captain), Shubman Gill, Cheteshwar Pujara, Virat Kohli, Ajinkya Rahane, KS Bharat (wk), Ravichandran Ashwin, Ravindra Jadeja, Axar Patel, Shardul Thakur, Mohd. Shami, Mohd. Siraj, Umesh Yadav, Jaydev Unadkat, Ishan Kishan (wk).

Standby players: Ruturaj Gaikwad, Mukesh Kumar, Suryakumar Yadav.