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KL Rahul will be unavailable for Karnataka for the Vijay Hazare Trophy, following the five-Test series against Australia.

Star Indian top-order batter KL Rahul has opted out of the 2024/25 Vijay Hazare Trophy knockout stage. Rahul played a lot of cricket in the recently-concluded Border-Gavaskar Trophy against Australia Down Under.

The India batter has decided to take a short break and thus, won't feature for Karnataka in their knockout clash in the Vijay Hazare Trophy.

KL Rahul, who played all the five Test matches against the Aussies, has requested for a break and will skip the Hazare knockouts

Southpaw Devdutt Padikkal and pacer Prasidh Krishna, both of whom were in the Test squad in Australia, will turn up for Karnataka in Vadodara.

KL Rahul opts out of Karnataka squad, citing rest after gruelling Australia tour. (Source - BCCI) Cricketer was one of the few Indian batters who looked solid in defence and played some crucial knock in the middle.

With the England series starting on January 22, KL Rahul can make his return with the white-ball series against Three-Lions.