India draft Ishan Kishan into World Test Championship final squad as KL Rahul replacement

Rahul was ruled out after suffering a thigh injury while fielding during Lucknow Super Giants' IPL clash with Royal Challengers Bangalore last week

Wicketkeeper-batter Ishan Kishan has been named as KL Rahul's replacement in India's squad for the World Test Championship final.

Rahul was ruled out after suffering a thigh injury while fielding during Lucknow Super Giants' IPL clash with Royal Challengers Bangalore last week.

Rahul, who was likely to push KS Bharat for the gloves against Australia at The Oval next month, is now set to undergo surgery instead.

Kishan has represented India 41 times in limited-over cricket but never in Tests; he has not played a first-class match since December for Jharkhand in the Ranji Trophy but is a like-for-like replacement for Rahul as a batter who offers a keeping option.

^{KL Rahul has been ruled out (Sajjad Hussain/AFP via Getty Images)}

India also have injury concerns over two of the seamers named in their squad for the one-off Test against Australia, which begins on June 7.

Left-armer Jaydev Unadkat is recovering from a shoulder issue sustained when he tripped over a rope while bowling in the nets at the country's National Cricket Academy.

He has not yet been ruled out of contention, with a BCCI statement declaring that "a decision on his participation in the WTC final will be taken at a later stage".

Meanwhile, Umesh Yadav is being observed after tweaking his left hamstring last month in the IPL.

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