Sunil Gavaskar: KL Rahul will not play any match before the World Cup

World Cup 2023: Indian star batsman KL Rahul has been selected in Team India for the Asia Cup 2023, but he will miss the first two matches of the Asia Cup due to not fully recovering from his injury. I will not play. But amid all this, former Indian batsman Sunil Gavaskar has said that Rahul will not play any match before the World Cup 2023.

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Team India’s head coach Rahul Dravid discussed with Sunil Gavaskar and revealed that with the remaining matches of the Asia Cup and the home series against Australia, Rahul will also have time to prepare for the World Cup.

Sunil Gavaskar – Difficult to bet on Rahul for World Cup 2023 to be held on home ground

However, former veteran batsman Sunil Gavaskar feels that it will be a difficult situation for the selectors to bet on Rahul for the World Cup 2023 to be held at home next month. According to Sunil, Rahul is a ‘classy’ player, it would be risky to select a player who will not have a single game time a month before the start of the World Cup.

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The difficult decision is Picking Rahul for the selection committee

Sunil Gavaskar said, “I think it is a difficult situation because if he is not playing any game before September 5, how will you assess his condition? Because match practice is one thing and match fitness is another. So, I think it will be a difficult decision for the selection committee.”

Sunil Gavaskar further said, “You can get the answer to this only in the first two matches. In such a situation, you may have to look beyond Rahul. But it will be sad, but this is the reality.”