KL Rahul requests break after Border-Gavaskar Trophy, will miss Vijay Hazare Trophy knockouts

KL Rahul requests break after Border-Gavaskar Trophy, will miss Vijay Hazare Trophy knockouts

Batter K. L. Rahul will miss Karnataka’s campaign in the knockout rounds of the Vijay Hazare Trophy to be held in Vadodara.

It is understood that Rahul, who featured in all five Tests against Australia, has requested a break. A call on Rahul’s availability for the second leg of the Ranji Trophy, which begins on January 23, will be taken at a later date.

Southpaw Devdutt Padikkal and pacer Prasidh Krishna, both of whom were in the Test squad in Australia, will turn up for Karnataka in Vadodara.

Padikkal played the first Test at Perth, while Prasidh earned a call up for the fifth and final Test.

Fast bowler V. Vyshak will miss the knockout rounds due to an injury. Karnataka faces Baroda in the Vijay Hazare Trophy quarterfinal on Saturday.