New Delhi. The Indian team on tour to Australia is facing continuous setbacks. KL Rahul suffered an elbow injury in the intra-squad match on Friday. The injury was so severe that he not only had to seek help from a doctor immediately, but also had to leave the field. A day earlier, Sarfaraz Khan was injured in the nets and was seen holding his elbow. The team management has made it clear that Sarfaraz's injury is not serious. Updates about KL Rahul are yet to come.

A test match is to be played between India and Australia in Perth from 22 November. Captain Rohit Sharma is unlikely to play in this first test match of the series. KL Rahul may get a chance to open in his place. He may be given preference over Abhimanyu Easwaran. KL Rahul also has a good record in Australia. But at the moment his condition is bad. KL Rahul also played practice matches before the intra-squad, in which not many runs came from his bat.

According to reports, in the intra-squad match, Prasidh Krishna's rising delivery hit KL Rahul's elbow. He started writhing in pain. However, he tried to bat again, but could not do so due to the pain. Even the help of the physio could not prepare him to bat again. As a result, KL left the field.

According to an ESPN report, an intra-squad match was played between the Indian team playing in the Perth Test and India A at the WACA Stadium. KL Rahul hit some good shots before getting injured, which indicated his good form. Yashasvi Jaiswal and Virat Kohli could not stay at the crease for long in this match and were out after scoring 15-15 runs. Shubman Gill played an innings of 28 runs. At the time of the break, the team's score was 106 runs for 5 wickets in 28 overs. Overall, the quartet of Prasidh Krishna, Mukesh Kumar, Washington Sundar, and Tanush Kotian troubled Kohli and Brigade a lot.