IPL 10: Royal Challengers Bangalore holds trial to find KL Rahul replacement

Royal Challengers Bangalore on Monday held trials for four players at the Chinnaswamy stadium on Sunday. RCB management would look up to Kedar Jadhav to do the wicket keeping duties in the absence of KL Rahul.

N Jagadeesan of Tamil Nadu, Karnataka’s Pawan Deshpande, Vishnu Vinod of Kerala and Himachal Pradesh’s Prashant Chopra were the four players who took part in the trials held at Chinnaswamy stadium.

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The four players faced pace bowling under the watchful eyes of coach Daniel Vettori and batting coach Trent Woodhill. Apart from the local net bowlers, Shane Watson, Tymal Mills and Adam Milne bowled to the players from the RCB set-up.

A list of injuries bother the runners-up from last year. Royal Challengers have confirmed that they have lost KL Rahul for the season to a shoulder injury. The availability of Kohli (shoulder) and 19-year old batsman Sarfaraz Khan (leg) remains uncertain, and de Villiers (back) was ruled out of the season opener on April 5. 

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