After T20 World Cup axe, Lucknow Super Giants hail KL Rahul as 'our No. 1'

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NEW DELHI: Lucknow Super Giants skipper

KL Rahul

on Tuesday failed to make the cut in India's 15-man squad for

T20 World Cup

.
With

Rishabh Pant

and

Sanju Samson

included in the side as designated wicketkeeper-batters, the selection committee was left with no room for Rahul in the squad.
To make matters worse for Rahul, he was not even considered in reserves players' list featuring Shubman Gill, Rinku Singh, Khaleel Ahmed and Avesh Khan.

Soon after the squad was announced, social media came out in support of Rahul and leading the way was Rahul's Indian Premier League franchise Lucknow Super Giants.

After Rahul's axe, the franchise posted on their social media handle that the keeper-batter remains No.1 for them despite not being considered for

Team India

India Squad for T20 World Cup:
Rohit Sharma

(Captain), Hardik Pandya (Vice Captain), Yashasvi Jaiswal, Virat Kohli, Suryakumar Yadav, Rishabh Pant (WK), Sanju Samson (WK), Shivam Dube, Ravindra Jadeja, Axar Patel, Kuldeep Yadav, Yuzvendra Chahal, Arshdeep Singh, Jasprit Bumrah, Mohd. Siraj.
Reserves: Shubman Gill, Rinku Singh, Khaleel Ahmed and Avesh Khan.

Article From: timesofindia.indiatimes.com

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