‘I think Bharat would be the obvious choice…’, Ravi Shastri

Ex-India coach Ravi Shastri feels KS Bharat would be the “obvious choice” of the team management for the wicketkeeper’s role in the WTC final against Australia to be played in England next month. Shastri said since Bharat had kept wickets during the Border-Gavaskar series earlier this year, he expected Bharat to get the management’s nod ahead of Kishan.

Shastri said on the ICC Review –

“You have to see who’s a better keeper. Is it Bharat or Ishan Kishan? Now, the fact that Bharat was given a run against Australia, where he played all the Test matches, I think he would be the obvious choice to go with, see, that’s another tight one (decision). Now, if two spinners are playing, then you would want Bharat to play.”

Shastri added – “There’s not much there. It’s not that one guy is far better than the other. Batting will also come into play, whether you want Ishan Kishan’s batting to shore up the middle order. That’s another thing you’ll take into perspective.”

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Shastri further added –

“Are you going to go with four fast bowlers? Then there’s not much spin and you just need someone decent behind the stumps to do the job. So that you would leave to team management. Just before the game, they would weigh in just these little things that I’ve just said, and obviously look at current form.”