Former Indian cricket workforce head coach Ravi Shastri backed KL Rahul to play within the World Test Championship (WTC) last towards Australia instead of KS Bharat. Rahul had a disappointing run within the Border-Gavaskar Trophy and was changed by Shubman Gill however the right-hander slammed an excellent fifty within the first ODI encounter towards Australia in Mumbai. On the opposite hand, KS Bharat was given an opportunity to play in all 4 Test matches within the sequence however he failed to attain huge and was additionally criticised by consultants and followers alike for lacking some possibilities behind the wicket.

Shastri mentioned that Rahul will present a solidity to the Indian middle-order and in a venue just like the Oval, it is not going to be very troublesome for him to maintain wickets towards the spinners. For Bharat, Shastri believed that he’ll get extra possibilities however didn’t decide him to play within the WTC Final in June.

“KL Rahul should be keeping. Clear-cut. You don’t have to keep much to the spinners. At No. 5 or 6, he can strengthen the batting and can keep wicket too. Of course, he can also keep in Tests because you have to see the all-round strength. It’s not like the keeper that we have right now is so good that he can’t be dropped. He is also a newcomer, KS Bharat, and he will learn with exposure, but for this one-off big game, you have to weigh all the options,” Shastri advised reporters throughout LLC in Doha.

Earlier, Former India selector Saba Karim weighed in on the subject and mentioned that it’s doable that the nationwide workforce will follow Bharat because the specialist wicket-keeper batsman.

“Eventually, that is up to the team management. But I feel the way the Indian team management in the recent past has dealt with youngsters, they have offered them a lot of security. They have created a conducive environment for them to grow. And they have not been very harsh in terms of performances, because they believe that they have invested heavily in a youngster, who has come to this stage and made a debut in a Test match,” Karim mentioned in an interplay organised by JioCinema.