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The selectors have named a stand-in wicket keeping replacement for Rishabh Pant who is ruled out of the 2nd ODI.
The Right-handed wicketkeeper from Andhra has now been named as a replacement for Rishabh Pant who is ruled out after being hit in the head. The Andhra wicket-keeper is largely known for his batting exploits in the longer format of the game has now been named in the limited-overs format which shocked the Indian cricket fans.
The fans were not happy about the replacement and there is still Dinesh Karthik who is playing for Tamil Nadu in the Ranji trophy games and also known as a finisher in white-ball cricket hasn’t got a look in since the semi-final defeat. Dinesh Karthik led Tamil Nadu to the finals of Syed Mushtaq Ali and Vijay Hazare trophy and had a decent run with the bat.
Here is how Twitter reacted to the news
KS Bharat has a very ordinary number in List A career.
List A :
Matches: 51
Runs: 1351
Highest Score: 125
Batting Average: 28.14
Strike Rate: 69.74
100s : 3
50s : 5
The southpaw who got hit in the head by a searing bouncer from Pat Cummins in the 1st ODI didn’t keep wickets for the Australian batting innings and was immediately taken to hospital for monitoring. The scans showed nothing major and Pant was discharged after overnight monitoring. The dashing Batsman will now head back to National Cricket Academy in Bangalore for further assessment. The new number 3 bat KL Rahul who donned the wicket keeping gloves for India in the 1st ODI will take care of the wicketkeeping duties in the 2nd ODI as well.