Delhi: The Indian cricket team’s veteran wicketkeeper batsman KL Rahul is once again moving towards the T20 international team. During the team selection for the tour of Bangladesh to be held in August, including three ODIs and three T20I matches, Rahul’s name may be included in the views of the selectors.
Significantly, the right -handed batter played the last T20 International match for India against England in the semi -finals of the T20 World Cup in November 2022. In that match, he returned to the pavilion after scoring only 5 runs and the team had to face a crushing defeat by 10 wickets. In that tournament, Rahul scored a total of 128 runs in 6 matches at an average of 21.33 and a strike rate of 120.75, after which his future was being questioned in T20 format.
However, in the last six months, Rahul has indicated from his performance that he is a strong contender to get a place in this format again. In a match of the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2025 played in Delhi on Sunday, he scored an unbeaten 112 off 65 balls against the Delhi Capitals (DC) against the Gujarat Titans (GT), including 14 fours and 4 sixes. Although Delhi suffered defeat in that match, Rahul’s innings attracted the attention of the cricket world.
Rahul is in excellent form in IPL 2025. He has so far scored 493 runs from 333 balls in 11 matches, including a century and three half -centuries. His strike rate has been 148.04. During this time, he also completed 8,000 runs in T20 cricket, and became the fastest Indian batsman to achieve this feat. He touched this figure in just 224 innings, which is faster than veterans like Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma.
Discussion on Rahul’s return is also important, because the T20 World Cup is to be held in the joint host of India and Sri Lanka in February-March next year. Given Rahul’s recent form, he can be included in the potential players of that tournament.
In the beginning of the IPL, Rahul was batting at number 4, but as soon as Australian opener Jake Fraser-Mackgrak was out of the rest of the tournament, he once again took over the opening and left immediate effect. Earlier, he scored 140 runs in five matches for India at an average of 140 in the 2025 Champions Trophy held in UAE and played a key role in getting the team the title.
Given Rahul’s continuity, experience and recent aggressive batting style, his return to his T20I team seems possible. If the selectors give priority to the form, then Rahul’s name can again be included in the Indian T20 setup.
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