WI vs IND 2023: India's predicted playing XI for Test series
India will play a couple of Tests against the West Indies in the Caribbean islands between July 12 to July 25.
6. KS Bharat
In Rishabh Pant’s absence, BCCI assigned the task to serve the team with his bat and wicketkeeping gloves. As a wicketkeeper, he is doing his job brilliantly. In the WTC final 2023 against Australia, he looked active and agile while providing his services to the team behind the wickets.
Donning the keeping gloves, Bharat looked extremely confident but with the bat, he has struggled to be among the runs. Despite his dismal batting show, selectors have picked him up for the two-match Test series against the West Indies next month. After back-to-back failures, Bharat will have to produce decent knocks from his bat against the Caribbeans.
The board has also included Ishan Kishan in their 16-member squad as an extra wicketkeeper batter. If Bharat fails to give a tough time to Windies bowlers in the tournament coming ahead, the team management might drop him and provide Kishan with a chance to don a white jersey and represent team India.
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