IND Vs BAN: KL Rahul Or Sarfaraz Khan? Who Is Going To Be India’s Wicketkeeper In First Test

New Delhi: KL Rahul’s seniority will give him the advantage over Sarfaraz Khan’s fearless approach all over the world the home series against Bangladesh with regards to selection of the final XI all over the world the first Test, which starts on September 19. With the Australia series in mind, the team management is banking on the Rahul’s experience of fifty Test matches all over the world the center-order which has now not been consistent in latest times.

Though Rahul couldn’t play greater than one Test match against England within the course of the home series earlier this year by reason of injury, the correct kind-hander scored a century against South Africa in South Africa and a 86 against England in his last three Test matches.

“For folk on the outside, they don’t think about how a team works and what are the systems in place. In his last three Test matches, KL scored a century in South Africa, considered one of a pair of of the correct Test knocks in latest times and 86 at Hyderabad all over the world the last Test he played before injury.

“He became now not dropped but got injured. So, he is fit and to be had, scored a fifty in Duleep, got match time and he'll start,” a BCCI source told PTI on conditions of anonymity. Sarfaraz didn’t do the remainder wrong. The Mumbai batter showed immense maturity on debut with two half of centuries in Rajkot before scoring his third fifty in his third game at Dharamsala.

“Sarfaraz has done the entirety right and mind it, if there may per chance be an injury anywhere, he'll just walk in but Rahul’s experience is irreplaceable. And the team management is now not only having a look at Bangladesh, they're having a look at Australia where previous experience matters,” the source added.

While Rahul’s average of lower than 35 after 50 Tests doesn’t paint a rosy picture but his uncanny knack of scoring at big foreign places venues like Sydney, Lord’s, Oval, Centurion along together with his range of strokes when on song keeps him slightly in advance of the Mumbaikar.

Rahul had missed two previous Test tours of Australia by reason of injuries but in 2014, he had scored a century in Sydney. The identical theory of continuity can even be applicable all over the world the Rishabh Pant vs Dhruv Jurel case. Jurel is a fine talent and did well all over the world the England series but Pant is an enormous Test player. Jurel will should anticipate his chance.

Top-of-the-line slot where there may per chance be some close competition is the third spinner’s position where Kuldeep Yadav is pitted against Axar Patel, who has also had a good Test career to this point. In the recently-concluded Duleep Trophy first round, Axar and Kuldeep had contrasting performances for his or her respective sides.

While Axar took three wickets apart from scoring 86 on a green top at Anantapur, Kuldeep looked a chunk off-colour unable to trouble the talented Musheer Khan and tailender Navdeep Saini. But Kuldeep has had success against Bangladesh all over the world the 2022 away series and in addition with more variations in store, he is abetter bet than Axar on good batting tracks.