After Rohit Sharma, former Indian vice-captain also set to make a return to Ranji Trophy after 5 long years

In the final league match of Ranji Trophy Elite Group C, set to begin January 30, Karnataka will face Haryana. Veteran Indian batter KL Rahul has also been named in the team. After the Australia tour, where he played all five matches, Rahul was recovering from an elbow issue, for which the BCCI team medical team gave him clearance.

KL Rahul is also expected to make a return in Ranji Trophy. After five years, Rahul is going to play for Karnataka in a first-class match. The 2019-2020 season was the last time when he played in the Ranji Trophy match. Before that appearance, he had not played in that competition for two seasons. Rahul and Mayank Agarwal are expected to open the innings together.

Rahul did not play in match against Punjab, where Karnataka won by an innings 207 runs, but the rest of the top Indian players like Rohit Sharma, Rishabh Pant, Yashasvi Jaiswal, and Ravindra Jadeja played for their respective teams in the previous round. Starting Tuesday, Rahul is expected to train with Karnataka team, which will be led by Mayank Agarwal.

As Vidwath Kaverappa returned after missing a decent portion of the current domestic season due to injury, Karnataka has seen significant improvement in their pace-bowling department. As 19 points separate them from leaders Kerala and Haryana in Group C, Karnataka in ranked third.

Karnataka’s squad against Haryana:
Mayank Agarwal (c), KL Rahul, Shreyas Gopal (vc), Devdutt Padikkal, KV Aneesh, R Smaran, KL Shrijith (wk), Abhinav Manohar, Hardik Raj, Prasidh Krishna, Vidwath Kaverappa, Vasuki Koushik, Abhilash Shetty, Yashovardhan Parantap, Nikin Jose, Sujay Sateri (wk), Mohsin Khan.

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