KL Rahul set to leave for England on Monday, wants to begin preps for Test series early | Cricket News
India batter KL Rahul is set to reach England early to begin preparations for the five-Test series, which gets underway on June 20. Originally scheduled to leave with the rest of the team on June 6, Rahul reached out to the Board of Control for Cricket in India and requested to play the second India A game vs England Lions. Go Beyond The Boundary with our YouTube channel. SUBSCRIBE NOW!The Indian cricket board agreed and the right-hander got the necessary go-aheads last night. Rahul was looking to get his preps going but the weather in Mumbai and Bengaluru forced him to explore the option of flying early.This is something Rahul did ahead of the Australia series as well, when he played an India A game before the rest of the Test squad arrived Down Under.
India A’s unofficial Test tour of England begins with the first of two four-day games against the England Lions on Friday, forming a key part of India’s preparations for the upcoming five-Test series against England. The second match is scheduled for June 6 at Northampton. These matches offer fringe and emerging red-ball players a vital chance to adapt to English conditions and stake a claim for Test spots. The squad features names like Yashasvi Jaiswal, Abhimanyu Easwaran, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Dhruv Jurel, and Karun Nair.
