IND vs AUS: Why is KL Rahul not keeping wickets in India vs Australia 3rd ODI? Who is India Wicket keeper?

The massive breaking news update coming from the India camp is that their premier wicket-keeper batsman KL Rahul is currently off the field and not keeping the wickets in the ongoing third and final ODI match against Australia being played at the MA Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai.

IND vs AUS: Why is KL Rahul not keeping wickets in India vs Australia 3rd ODI? Who is India Wicket keeper?

Unfortunately, India’s first-choice wicket-keeper KL Rahul is not on the field behind the stumps at this moment in the ongoing India vs Australia 3rd ODI and Ishan Kishan is the wicket-keeper right now. It is very much hot and humid out there at the MA Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai and thus, players are also feeling the heat which might have forced Rahul to go off the field after he took a fine catch behind the wickets off Hardik Pandya’s bowling to dismiss Australia captain Steve Smith in the 13th over of the game. After India ended up suffering a poor batting collapse during the first ODI match against Australia, KL Rahul played a really sensible and match-winning innings of 75 runs off 91 balls that included 7 fours and 1 six. Therefore, it will be interesting to see whether Rahul returns to the field for the remainder of the match or not as the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) is yet to provide any official update.

IND Playing 11

1. Shubman Gill
2. Rohit Sharma (C)
3. Virat Kohli
4. Suryakumar Yadav
5. KL Rahul (wk)
6. Hardik Pandya 
7. Ravindra Jadeja
8. Shardul Thakur
9. Kuldeep Yadav
10. Mohammed Shami
11. Mohammed Siraj

India vs Australia 2023 Schedule