KS Bharat Became Emotional After Making his Debut Against Australia, Hugged his Mother on the Field

The four-Test series between India and Australia began on Thursday (February 9). Australian captain Pat Cummins won the toss and decided to bat first at the Vidarbha Cricket Association Stadium in Nagpur. In the absence of Rishabh Pant and Shreyas Iyer, Team India gave a chance to two new players. Suryakumar Yadav, who has become a star with explosive batting in ODI and T20 cricket, made his debut. At the same time, wicketkeeper KS Bharat also got the opportunity to play the first test.

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Team India’s experienced batsman Cheteshwar Pujara gave the debut cap to KS Bharat. Pujara wished him luck. After taking the debut cap, KS Bharat went straight to his mother. He got emotional. He engaged his mother on the field itself. After this Bharat met other family members. BCCI has shared two videos regarding Bharat’s debut on its social media. In the first video, Pujara is giving him the Test cap and in the second video, Bharat is expressing his feelings about playing his Test match.

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KS Bharat Told About the Conversation With Dravid

When Team India’s jersey reached Bharat, he was very happy. He said, “It is a matter of great happiness. I remembered everything from where I started. When I started playing in the first class, I never thought that I would be able to play Tests. My coach J Krishna Rao had a lot of faith in me. He felt that I had a lot of potential. I made my debut for India A in 2018. Rahul Dravid was the head coach at that time. I played for India A in England. Rahul sir was with us at that time.

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KS Bharat further said, “I had a talk with Rahul sir in England. I asked him how do I take my game to the next level and he said just be yourself. He told me once that this is your chance. Challenge yourself. You don’t have to prove it to anyone else.

This is How his First Class, List A and T20 Career has been

Talking about KS Bharat’s first class career, he has scored 4707 runs in 86 matches at an average of 37.95. During this, his highest score was 308 runs. Bharat has scored nine centuries and 27 half-centuries. He took 296 catches and made 35 stumpings in the first class. In 64 List A matches, Bharat has scored 1950 runs with the help of six centuries and six half-centuries. His average during this period has been 33.62. He has 1116 runs in 67 T20 matches. He has scored five half-centuries. During this, his average is 19.57 and strike rate is 109.19.