Can fans watch KL Rahul’s comeback in the Vijay Hazare Trophy?

Except for Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli and Jasprit Bumrah, all Indian players are part of the Vijay Hazare Trophy (VHT) encounters on Saturday, January 3. It is a star-studded round featuring Shubman Gill, Sanju Samson, Hardik Pandya, Axar Patel and Rishabh Pant for their respective national teams. Interestingly, KL Rahul is also returning to the Karnataka side for their match against Tripura in Ahmedabad. The Indian goalkeeper is expected to play two matches before the start of the India vs New Zealand series.

Will KL Rahul’s VHT be broadcast live?

KL Rahul last featured in the Vijay Hazare Trophy for Karnataka in 2019 and was part of the title-winning team. Alongside Devdutt Padikkal, Mayank Agarwal, Manish Pandey and Karun Nair, KL Rahul formed a superb and almost unbeatable team. He made 598 runs at an excellent average of 66.44 that season.

Now he returns to the side after six years. Superbly for fans, they can also watch KL Rahul perform live. The BCCI is live-streaming two Vijay Hazare Trophy matches on January 3, including the Karnataka vs Tripura match, where Rahul is turning out for the south team. The other match broadcast live by BCCI is Baroda vs Vidarbha, where you can also watch Hardik Pandya.

All Vijay Hazare Trophy (VHT) matches are streamed live on the JioHotstar website and app, and broadcast on Star Sports Network.

Karnataka vs Tripura playing XI

Tripura chose to play first at the Narendra Modi Stadium, Ahmedabad.

Karnataka (Play XI):
Mayank Agarwal(c), Devdutt Padikkal, Karun Nair, Smaran Ravichandran, KL Rahul (week)Abhinav Manohar, Shreyas Gopal, Vidyadhar Patil, Vijaykumar Vyshak, Prasidh Krishna, Shreesha Achar

Tripura (I play XI):
Tejasvi Jaiswal, Udiyan Bose, Sridam Paul, Vijay Shankar, Rajat Dey, Manisankar Murasingh (c), Swapnil Singh, Sentu Sarkar (w), Abhijit K Sarkar, Viki Saha, Ajay Sarkar