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Prasidh Krishna got a chance in the fifth test match against Australia. He took six wickets in the match.
Indian cricketers Devdutt Padikkal, Prasidh Krishna and Abhimanyu Easwaran will be available for the knockout stage of the Vijay Hazare Trophy. The knockout stages of the tournament will be played in Vadodara from January 9.
KL Rahul, who plays domestically for Karnataka, has requested to take a break. However, he has not given the reason for the break. At the same time, if Tamil Nadu reaches the semi-finals then Washington Sundar can also be available for his team.
Rahul, Prasidh, Abhimanyu and Sundar were part of the Indian squad for the recently concluded Border-Gavaskar Trophy against Australia. At the same time, Padikkal was included in the team in the absence of Rohit in the Perth Test.
KL Rahul had scored 276 runs in 5 tests against Australia.
Akash Deep will go to Center of Excellence Padikkal and Prasidh will fly from Sydney on Wednesday i.e. today with the members of the Indian team, whereas Abhimanyu was given permission to fly a day earlier. Abhimanyu will train with the Bengal team today. Bengal has to play a pre-quarterfinal match against Haryana on 9 January.
Akash Deep, the second Bengal player included in the Indian team against Australia, has been ruled out of this match due to back pain. Akash Deep was ruled out of the last Test in Australia due to injury. He will go to the Center of Excellence (earlier National Cricket Academy) in Bengaluru after returning from Australia.
Karnataka will play quarter final against Vadodara Prasidh and Padikkal are expected to join the Karnataka team by January 10. Karnataka team will play the quarter final match against Vadodara on 11 January. Rahul is going to take a break for this. Even if the Karnataka team progresses by winning the quarter-finals, they will not take part in the Vijay Hazare Trophy.
He took part in all five Test matches against Australia and scored a total of 276 runs, which included two half-centuries. He opened and batted at number 3 for the Indian team.
Padikkal played his first test against Australia. Whereas Prasidh got a chance in the fifth test match. He took six wickets in the match.
Prasidh Krishna had dismissed Steve Smith in both the innings of the fifth test.