India vice-captain in all formats KL Rahul is most likely to be ruled out of the upcoming tour of England due to his recurring groin injury hampering his progress towards fitness. Rahul had injured his right groin before the first T20I against South Africa in Delhi recently.

This led to him being ruled out of that series and he went to NCA for rehab. It was expected that he might get fit for the England limited-overs series atleast.

"Rahul has not recovered from his groin injury. The Test squad members are assembling in Mumbai today and will fly out at midnight. Rahul is not traveling with the team. He will take some more time to recover although he might appear in a fitness test during the weekend. Chances of recovery aren't looking bright," a BCCI official privy to the development told PTI.

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The BCCI official also talked about announcing a replacement for KL Rahul for England Test. 

"You have Shubman Gill, who has opened in most of his Test matches. Else, Cheteshwar Pujara can also open the batting, in case there is any fitness issues for any of the two openers. It was a 17-member squad and 16 will be going. So that's not a problem," the source added.

Now Cricbuzz has reported that the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) has decided to send KL Rahul abroad for treatment, and it is likely that the India opener and vice-captain will have treatment in Germany.

"That is correct, the board is working on his fitness and he will be going to Germany soon," BCCI secretary Jay Shah told Cricbuzz on Thursday (June 16).  

This means that Rahul will miss the Test match that is slated to be played from July 1 to 5 and six white-ball matches as well- 3 ODIs and 3 T20Is. 

(Cricbuzz/PTI inputs)