Team India has suffered a setback before the five T20 match series between India and West Indies. Opening batsman Lokesh Rahul is also not available for this series. Rahul, who was returning from injury, was included in the team for this series, but due to corona being infected, Rahul could not be fit for this series. Now Sanju Samson has been added to the team in his place. BCCI has given this information by tweeting. Samson was also part of the Indian team in the ODI series against West Indies and he batted well in the second ODI.

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He had a groin injury

Lokesh Rahul has not played any match for the country after IPL 2022. He was named captain for the five-match T20I series against South Africa, but he was injured before the start of the series and was ruled out for the entire series. He had a groin injury and had to go for surgery in Germany. During this, he could not play the T20 series against Ireland, one Test against England, three ODIs and three T20 matches.

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Lokesh Rahul was not part of the team even in the ODI series against West Indies

Lokesh Rahul was not part of the team even in the ODI series against West Indies. After this, he was taken into the team in the T20 series. And he also started practicing at the NCA to return. But he got corona infected and is now out of the T20 series as well. The BCCI medical team has advised him to take rest. However, he has recovered from Corona.