KL Rahul Injury Update: Team India Batter "Ready To Go" For Border-Gavaskar Trophy Opener in Perth

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KL Rahul Injury Update: Team India receive some positive news as KL Rahul has been medically cleared by the physio to be available for the Border-Gavaskar Trophy opener in Perth, scheduled to begin on Friday (November 22).

Last week, Rahul was forced off the field after suffering an elbow blow during India's intra-squad match simulation and did not feature in any further training on remainder of the day and the next day.

The incident occurred when Rahul was struck on his right elbow from a rising delivery bowled by Prasidh Krishna in the WACA stadium. Despite initial attempts to continue batting after receiving medical attention, Rahul had to leave the field for 29 and did not return to bat further.

The 32-year-old returned to action on Sunday (November 17), giving the Indian side a much needed cheer amid news of Shubman Gill likely missing the Perth Test due to a thumb injury.

Rahul put in some solid work in nets in a training session of nearly three hours. After two days of match simulation, which featured India's main XI against a line-up comprising of fringe and India A players, some squad players trained on WACA ground's centre wicket and nets.

Rahul spent an hour on nets before a short workout in the nets. There were no signs of discomfort as far as he was concerned, but he did not look as fluent as he looked before the elbow hit while opening with Yashasvi Jaiswal.

The BCCI provided an update on Rahul's fitness through a video posted on their X handle. Team India physio offered clarity on batter Rahul's status for the Perth Test, saying that the veteran is "ready to go" despite being hit on his elbow during intra-squad match simulation session at Perth's WACA ground.

BCCI physio Kamlesh Jain stated, "The key for us is to make sure there is no fracture or bony lesions in there. 48 hours since the impact and he's responded well to treatments. He should be ready to go."

Yogesh Parmar, another Team India physio, added, "I took him for the X-ray and scan and based upon the reporting, I was confident that he should be fine. It was just a matter of controlling the pain and giving him some confidence. So, from a medical point of view, he is absolutely fine."

With these reassurances from the medical staff, it appears that Rahul should be fit to play the first Test against Australia in Perth. Rahul is expected to open the innings alongside Jaiswal in the Perth Test due to the unavailability of Rohit Sharma.