KXIP skipper and Indian batsman KL Rahul is elated with the news of him being appointed as deputy to Virat Kohli for ODIs and T20Is for Australia and said he's happy and proud of the same. The right-hander has stamped his authority in the last few months in limited-overs cricket for India.

Former Indian captain Kris Srikkanth has insisted that KL Rahul’s selection for the Australian series should not be questioned as he has been tested Down Under already, having scored his maiden hundred there. He blasted Sanjay Manjrekar for bringing up the question of Rahul’s selection. 

The BCCI, today, named the squads for the tour of Australia and in what came as an utter shock, the board decided to omit MI’s Suryakumar Yadav for the three-match T20Is. SKY has been a star-performer in IPL 2020 and the Twitterati expressed their bafflement over the unjust omission.

Kolkata Knight Riders mystery spinner Varun Chakravarthy has been handed a shock call-up for the Australia T20Is on the back of his impressive performances in the ongoing edition of the IPL. While the selectors overlooked Suryakumar Yadav and Rishabh Pant, Sanju Samson, however, found a place.