India batter KL Rahul and pacer Vidwath Kaverappa are set to take the sector for Karnataka’s last Ranji Trophy league stage match, which begins on the M. Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru from Thursday.
Rahul had missed the earlier recreation towards Punjab on account of an elbow harm however is match and can follow with the workforce on Tuesday and Wednesday, Karnataka chief selector J. Abhiram instructed Sportstar on Monday.
The 32-year-old final featured in a Ranji Trophy match again in February 2020 towards Bengal in Kolkata. His final home First-class look got here throughout the Duleep Trophy in September final yr when he turned out for India A in a dropping trigger.
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A number of India stars, together with skipper Rohit Sharma, featured within the final spherical of the Ranji Trophy following BCCI’s diktat to its senior gamers to play home cricket when obtainable.
In the meantime, Kaverappa, who final featured in a aggressive match in September final yr throughout the Duleep Trophy, might be getting back from harm.
Karnataka, positioned third in Group C, finds itself in a precarious place forward of the quarterfinal and might want to win outright towards table-topper Haryana to maintain its hopes alive within the event. It would additionally hope that Kerala doesn’t win outright towards bottom-placed Bihar.