Wriddhiman Saha sustained double hamstring injury during IPL and is currently with the Indian team in Australia while recuperating from the knock, KL Rahul remains first choice 'keeper in ODIs.

Wasim Jaffer poked fun at KL Rahul as his IPL teammate Glenn Maxwell produced a fiery 19-ball 45-run cameo against India in the 1st ODI.

Rahul heads into the contest on the back of an impressive run in the IPL where he had finished as the Orange Cap winner with 670 runs in 14 games. 

Rahul said that even if he has to score at a high strike-rate of 160 to 170, he can do it minus the blitzkrieg.

Rahul has now pipped specialist wicketkeepers Rishabh Pant and Sanju Samson as the no.1 glovesman in the limited overs format. Three ICC events -- two back-to-back T20 World Cups followed by the marquee ODI World Cup -- are scheduled in the next three years.

KL Rahul and Sanju Samson are a part of India's limited-overs squads for the upcoming tour to Australia.

Both the skippers lead from the front with KL Rahul continuing with his fine form to score 83 off 66 runs, while Virat Kohli scored 91 runs off 58 balls.

In Rohit Sharma's absence, all eyes will be on the Kings XI Punjab (KXIP) skipper to deliver impressive performances with the bat.

For Maxwell, KL Rahul is as good a back-up as any team can wish for.

After suffering defeats in their last two games, KXIP failed to achieve a top-four finish and finished sixth in the points table with 12 points. 

Cricketer KL Rahul shared a picture on social media stating that he misses the UNO night with his rumoured girlfriend Athiya Shetty and his friends.

Indian captain skipping three Test matches serves likes of Cheteshwar Pujara, Ajinkya Rahane, among others to express their full potential against Australia.

  KL Rahul, who is back in the Test squad after playing his last match in August shares a post slugging the pink ball during a practice session in Sydney    

The Karnataka wicketkeeper-batsman scored 670 runs in 14 matches at an impressive average of 55.83 and bagged the Orange Cap this year.

Rahul finished the season with 670 runs from 14 games at an average of 55.83 and a strike rate of 129.34 comprising one century and five fifties.

Rahul, who captained the team for the first team this season, had another stellar season with the bat, amassing 670 runs at an average of 55.83.

The KXIP captain has scored 300 of his 670 runs in singles, two's or three's. He has also run from the non-striker's end to add another 278 runs to his team's score.

AB de Villiers joined his Royal Challengers Bangalore teammate Devdutt Padikkal and KL Rahul to score five half-centuries.

On Thursday evening, Bumrah returned with figures of 4/14 as Mumbai defeated Delhi by 57 runs in Qualifier 1. The 26-year-old now has 27 wickets to his name in 14 matches.