T20 WC 2021: Rating wicketkeeper-batsmen of top 8 teams ahead of the tournament
Most of the wicketkeepers are openers and can make a telling impact for their respective teams.
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7. Australia – Matthew Wade – 6.5
Australia has generally struggled in the T20 format. Very seldom they have fielded the full strength line-up in the shortest format and that has left them wanting for a quality wicketkeeper-batsman who can bat in the middle-order or be a finisher. Matthew Wade has been playing T20Is for them for quite some time but given the fact that he is naturally an opener, he is clearly struggling in the middle-order.
Wade opens the innings or bats at three for his Big Bash League (BBL) team Hobart Hurricanes. Even when he has played a swashbuckling knock, it has come while batting at the top of the order. Wade’s recent form is not good either scoring 163 runs in his last T20I innings on West Indies and Bangladesh tours. But he is the best Australia have at the moment with Alex Carey, Ben McDermott and Josh Philippe not impressing much.
There are no doubts about his wicketkeeping at all. He rarely drops any catches and has grabbed 76 of those in all T20s he has played thus far apart from effecting nine stumpings. Wade will have to give confidence to his team in the middle-order as there is no place at the top with Aaron Finch and David Warner opening the innings.
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