Rahul Dravid Confirms KL Rahul As Wicket-Keeper For SA Tests, Ex India Stumper Disagrees | Cricket News

India head coach Rahul Dravid confirmed that KL Rahul, who has not stored wickets in red-ball cricket a lot, will take up the function behind the stumps for the primary red-ball contest towards South Africa, beginning December 26. Rahul wasn’t India’s designated wicket-keeper in any of the three codecs throughout his early days within the workforce however made the transition fairly properly in white-ball cricket. He is now India’s No. 1 alternative behind the stumps in each T20Is and ODIs. Now, the workforce administration needs to see how he does behind the stumps in Tests. But, former India wicket-keeper Parthiv Patel is not in settlement.

Parthiv, taking to social media platform ‘X’ (previously Twitter), mentioned that the wicket-keeper’s function within the Test workforce ought to be given to a participant who has stored wickets in Ranji Trophy and First Class wicket.

“India’s test match wicketkeeper should be someone who is keeping regularly in Ranji trophy or first-class cricket….#imho #INDvSA #IndianCricket,” he posted on X.

india’s take a look at match wicketkeeper ought to be somebody who’s preserving usually in ranji trophy or first-class cricket….#imho #INDvSA #IndianCricket

— parthiv patel (@parthiv9) December 24, 2023

On Sunday, Dravid gave his vote of confidence to Rahul for the wicket-keeper’s function whereas talking in a press convention.

“I see it as an exciting challenge, an opportunity for him to certainly do something different. Obviously, with Ishan not being available this opportunity came up, we had a couple of keepers to choose from and Rahul is one of them.

“We do perceive it’s not one thing he has performed as typically (preserving in Tests). But he has been doing it usually in 50 overs cricket and that takes so much out of your physique. He has ready properly during the last 5 to 6 months, he has performed numerous preserving,” Dravid said in the press conference.

“This shall be a brand new and thrilling problem for him. I suppose one of many issues is there’s not going to be that a lot spin bowling, so that can ease him into the function a bit bit, one thing the way it goes and pans out,” the coach said.