IND vs AUS: The 4-match Test series between India and Australia will start from 9 February. Both the teams are now busy finalizing their preparations. Indian team’s match-winner wicketkeeper-batsman Rishabh Pant is absent in this Test series, in such a situation, KS Bharat, who performed brilliantly in domestic cricket, can be included in the playing-11 of the first Test match.
Rishabh Pant injured himself during a car accident in December 2022, due to which he is currently out of Team India for a long time. On the other hand, if we talk about KS Bharat, he has been a part of the Indian Test team for more than a year but he has not yet got a chance to debut.
KL Rahul will not do wicketkeeping!  ;
Till now such speculations were being made that opener KL Rahul could be given the responsibility of wicketkeeping. But looking at Rahul’s fitness, giving him this responsibility can become a big threat to the team. Have been injured many times. In such a situation, feeding him as a wicketkeeper in Test cricket would not be the right decision. In test format you need a specialist wicket keeper batsman. At present, Bharat and Ishan are two wicketkeepers in the team. In such a situation, now the team management has to decide whom it gives a chance in the playing XI.
KS Bharat has a great record in first-class cricket
KS Bharat In domestic cricket so far, this wicketkeeper-batsman playing for Andhra has so far scored 4707 runs in 135 innings of 86 matches at an average of 37.95. During this, so far 9 centuries and 27 half-century innings have been seen with his bat. At the same time, Bharat has played 10 matches in the IPL so far, where he has a total of 199 runs at an average of 28.43.
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