"KL Rahul Or...": Sunil Gavaskar Has A Big Question On India's XI In WTC Final Against Australia

26.04.2023 - 13:13 sports.ndtv.com

India's legendary cricketer Sunil Gavaskar feels that it will be a battle between KL Rahul and KS Bharat for the slot of wicketkeeper in the team for the World Test Championship final against Australia.

It is worth noting that India's regular wicketkeeper in Test cricket, Rishabh Pant, is out of action since a horrific car crash he met with in December last year.

In the southpaw's absence during the Border-Gavaskar Trophy in February-March, it was Bharat who kept wickets for India while Rahul was dropped following his poor returns in the first two Tests of the four-match series. "The question now is in the final eleven, who's going to be playing?

Whether it will be KS Bharat the wicket-keeper or KL Rahul. We'll just have to wait and see," said Gavaskar while speaking on Star Sports' Cricket Live.

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