India vs England: KL Rahul Will Not Play As Wicketkeeper Against England, Says Rahul Dravid | Cricket News

India head coach Rahul Dravid on Tuesday stated KL Rahul is not going to be maintaining wickets within the five-match Test sequence towards England, and it will likely be a toss up between KS Bharat and Dhruv Jurel for the wicketkeeper-batter function. Rahul had saved wickets within the two-match sequence towards South Africa lately, and produced a quite nimble effort behind the stumps. The sequence towards England begins right here on Thursday.

“Rahul will not be playing as a wicket-keeper in this series and we are clear about that in the selection itself. We have picked two other wicket-keepers and obviously Rahul did a fantastic job for us in South Africa and really played a big part in helping us draw the series,” Dravid stated in a press convention right here.

“But considering five Test matches (against England) and playing in these conditions the selection will be between the two other keepers we have,” he defined.

The nature of pitches in India makes it necessary for a wicketkeeper to face as much as the wickets towards spinners, on this case R Ashwin and Ravindra Jadeja, a job that must be assigned to a specialist stumper.

The 31-year-old Bengaluru participant, has been a delegated wicketkeeper solely thrice in his 92 First-Class matches and none of these appearances got here in India.

In that context, it won’t have been sensible for the staff administration to select Rahul as wicketkeeper towards England, contemplating the truth that the guests’ ‘Bazball’ type of cricket would possibly simply supply a couple of possibilities to the gloveman.

In distinction, Bharat, who stepped in when Rishabh Pant was injured in a automobile accident, has completed fairly properly within the function, and sometimes attracted plaudits.

Even although he has probably not made a mark with the bat, his efforts behind the wickets can’t be brushed apart — from 91 First-Class matches, of which 82 have been in India, Bharat has amassed 287 catches and 33 stumpings.

Since Jurel remains to be a tad inexperienced behind the ears, Bharat is about to get the nod as wicketkeeper-batter for the sequence towards England.

His unbeaten 116 that helped India A draw the primary unofficial ‘Test’ towards England Lions at Ahmedabad lately too might need boosted his stature within the eyes of the think-tank.

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