Ahead of the Asia Cup and World Cup, the Indian cricket staff administration is eagerly trying ahead to know the health standing of some key stars. The largest identify amongst all of them is pacer Jasprit Bumrah, who can be returning to motion within the T20I collection in opposition to Ireland, beginning Friday. But Bumrah shouldn’t be the one one, whose absence has been hurting India forward of the mega occasions. The like of Rishabh Pant, Shreyas Iyer and KL Rahul are among the many massive names who’ve been lacking from the scene for much too lengthy.

While Pant met with an accident late final yr, Rahul and Iyer has accidents which dominated them out for an extended period. In their absence, the Indian staff has been experimenting with the top-order, middle-order and the wicketkeeper’s slots. However, the soundness remains to be missing.

On Monday, Pant posted a video on his Instagram tales with the captain: “Loved watching live cricket after long time @klrahul @shreyasiyer96”

KL Rahul and Shreyas Iyer within the follow match.

Rishabh Pant watching them! pic.twitter.com/aDWVc52zOm

— Mufaddal Vohra (@mufaddal_vohra) August 14, 2023

While it’s not recognized when Rahul and Iyer will make a return to aggressive cricket, former India opener Aakash Chopra made an attention-grabbing remark on Rahul. “At this point in time, if KL Rahul becomes available, I don’t see him [Samson] in the World Cup team. I don’t think he will be seen in the Asia Cup team as well,” Chopra stated on his YouTube channel.

Chopra, nevertheless, pressured on the truth that Samson is just 28, and that he’ll have loads of alternatives to showcase his expertise sooner or later.

“Samson is only 28 years old. He does have time on his side. It’s not the end of the world. You have the T20 World Cup next year. Plenty of cricket will be played after that too,” he added.