The Indian men’s team is set to host the Australian Cricket Team for a four match test series under the Border Gavaskar trophy.
These four matches will decide the fate of both the teams in the ICC Test Championship and if we look at the points table, Australia stand at top position while India is at second.
Team India will almost go with a known squad which we are seeing in some recent series. Jasprit Bumrah is likely to make his comeback from the second match of the series. However, one of the major concerns for team India in this series is wicketkeeper choice as Rishabh Pant is out from the team due to his fatal accident.
If we talk about red ball cricket, Pant has been a game changer for team India and the team is surely going to miss his services in the upcoming red ball series. Andhra Pradesh wicketkeeper batter KS Bharat is the frontrunner to bag the wicket-keeper post in absence of Pant.
KS bharat has recently talked about his role in team India and said that he is not only ready to fill the void in the team but also can bat like Pant if needed.
While talking to PTI, KS Bharat said,”I have always considered myself a 100 percent keeper and 100 percent batter. I don’t consider myself a 70 percent batter or a 30 percent keeper. Whenever I walk into the field, I am as good as an opening batter, and whenever I keep, I think that I am the best keeper in whatever conditions or circumstances are there.”
He further added,”Belief has been the biggest factor for me.”
“Whatever the game demands, you have to step up. You cannot say you are only a T20 specialist or can play in one fashion. I have been fortunate to understand that from an early age.”
“If a Test match is to be drawn and I have to bat for four hours straight, then I have to do that, or if the team is chasing on day four, needing 100 off 10 overs, I have to hit with that strike rate so that the team benefits.”
“At the end of the day, we play to win; there is no playing safe. “You have to score at 10 runs per over (in the longer format) if the game requires it,” he added.
