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Team management to decide who among KL Rahul and Rishabh Pant will be India's long-term first-choice wicketkeeper-batter in this format

Sources say that the wicketkeeper-batter, Axar Patel and Kuldeep Yadav will remain with the franchise

Rahul said, "I have my father-in-law's support now, and we will both be cheering for 'Sharmaji ka beta' (India captain Rohit Sharma) in the T20 World Cup."

Ishant Sharma's superb bowling and a remarkable performance in the death overs by Delhi Capitals (DC) bowlers countered a strong comeback effort by Nicholas Pooran and Arshad Khan, guiding the Capitals to a 19-run victory over LSG at Arun Jaitley Stadium on Tuesday.

The owner of LSG appeared visibly displeased after the match's outcome and was seen engaged in an intense discussion with skipper Rahul along the boundary line at the Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium.

LSG are fifth with four wins in seven games while CSK are fourth with similar number wins.

Athiya Shetty shares excitement on social media as KL Rahul reaches half-century, posting a match highlight with the caption 'and this guy' along with a red heart emoji.

For KKR, Mitchell Starc took three wickets while Vaibhav Arora, Sunil Narine, Varun Chakravarthy and Andre Russell got one each.

Rahul posted a short video of his batting, basic keeping drills and outfielding practice at the NCA.

Rahul returned from London after a medical check-up as he was experiencing some discomfort in his right quadriceps.

KL Rahul has been flown to London for an expert opinion as he is still experiencing some discomfort in the quadriceps . Notably, the senior batter underwent a surgery for the same injury last year.

After a few scans, it became clear that the Rahul wasn't fully fit for which he had to miss the second Test match against England in Visakhapatnam.

The return of Rahul and Jadeja injects much-needed experience into the squad, offering a boost to India's campaign against a determined English side.

In that game, England relied heavily on sweep and reverse-sweep as run-making options, something which the Indian batters have been practising at in their nets session in Visakhapatnam.

The selection committee has added Mumbai batter Sarfaraz Khan, left-arm spinner Sourabh Kumar and all-rounder Washington Sundar to the squad for the second Test.

India's chase of 231 went horribly south once Hartley (7/62) spun into India's top-order, igniting a rot that saw India getting bowled out for 202 in the final over of the day.

KL Rahul and Axar Patel were batting on 21 and 17 respectively when tea was called.

Rahul, Jadeja put India in command

Though India lost overnight batters - Yashasvi Jaiswal and Shubman Gill - in the session, they scored 103 runs in 27 overs

But he was visibly happy after having one of his best days in his 23 Test career.