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Experts back KS Bharat to be India's preferred wicket-keeping option for Tests against Australia

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Experts Back KS Bharat To Be India's Preferred Wicket-keeping Option For Tests Against Australia

By IANS News February 06, 2023 • 10:32 AM View: 833

The absence of Pant means India must now choose between two uncapped wicketkeeper-batters -- KS Bharat and Ishan Kishan -- for the upcoming Test series against Australia, starting from February 9 in Nagpur.

Bharat has been an understudy to Saha and then Pant in the Test team since 2019 apart from being a regular in India A side. Kishan kept wickets for the Indian team in this year's white-ball games against New Zealand and Sri Lanka (barring ODIs). He also kept wickets for India A in two unofficial four-day matches on the tour of South Africa in 2021.

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