5 Wicket-Keepers Who Can Replace Rishabh Pant In The Indian Team, If he flops against West Indies

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Updated: December 13, 2019
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Weeket-keepers who can replace Rishabh Pant if he fails against Windies

After the heroics in Australia and England, each and every cricket lover over there was going gaga over Indian batsman-keeper Rishabh Pant. As he has shown his batting skill along with the wicket keeping capability, the team selectors were quite confident with him. But things have not really fallen into places for this Delhi boy. . Once, he was expected to fill the shoes of MS Dhoni across all three formats, however, now, it seems like he needs a considerable time to go there.

In the meantime, there is a very good opportunity that the Indian team would look after another player in order to bring constancy to the batting order. For the same, here is a list of top 5 wicketkeepers, who can take the place of Rishabh Pant to settle in the batting lineup of India.

5 Wicket-Keepers who can replace Rishabh Pant

Wriddhiman Saha: After settling his position in test format as a wicket keeper, Wriddhiman can be one of the best alternatives of Pant in t20 and ODI. Highly lauded by the critics and experts for his amazing acrobats and skills with the gloves, Saha was probably the next man to take the role. He has already delivered some of the goods, but failed to make into the playing XI after being injured. In December 2014 when MS Dhoni announced his surprise Test retirement during the Australian tour, Saha was handed his role and has been the constant behind the wickets for the Indian Test team ever since. He has played some of the extremely valuable knocks in his young 32-Test career till now and continues to be India’s first-choice keeper. In fact, if Saha is taken into the team, they would also get a very good batting option too.
Sanju Samson: After seeing his performance in 2019 IPL, team selectors were pretty confident with him. This 23 year old guy remains the youngest batsman to score 1000 runs in the IPL. Furthermore, he is also known as the youngest cricketer to captain a Ranji trophy side with Kerala. Along with his batting skills, he has also proved himself as one of the finest wicket keepers. Now with World T20 looming ahead, India will definitely want a back up wicket-keepers if Rishabh Pant fails to step-up. Sanju may be a very good choice as he is also young who can serve better for the Men in Blues for long.
Ishan Kishan: This lad can do the trick for Indian cricket team if given opportunity. He already got some amazing skills to perform under pressure, as he led their teams on numerous occasions and also played well in IPL. Ishan Kishan was bought by Mumbai Indians for a whopping Rs 5.5 crore. Along with the big-hitting abilities, he was also given the responsibility to counter-attack in pressure situations. As the selectors are looking for some of the great backups of wicket keepers for the upcoming t20 world cup, they can surely think of this youngster’s name. He can be the perfect choice who can add firepower in the middle order.
K Srikar Bharat: With his power hitting batting skills in Ranji Trophy for Andhra and Delhi Daredevils in IPL, team selectors cannot skip the 25 years old right-handed wicket-keeper batsman’s name. In fact, he is the first batsman to score triple century from Andhra. Bharat has been doing well in domestic cricket scoring at an average of 37 including six centuries. If M S Dhoni retires from t20 and ODI in the coming year, then India would surely need a great backup. Eventually, if Rishabh Pant fails in coming series, then K Srikar Bharat would be a great choice for them.
Dinesh Karthik: As they say “experience counts” so selectors will surely think about Dinesh Karthik. Karthik has been playing the international cricket since 2004. He has been in and out of the side due to MS Dhoni’s presence throughout his career. This veteran cricketer is a star attraction in the IPL and is currently leading the Kolkata Knight Riders in IPL for the last two years. Karthik actually can be a good replacement for Rishabh Pant in T20Is with the World T20 lined-up next year in Australia. In fact, he has been exceptional in the T20 format always, be it in India, KKR or playing in the Tamil Nadu Premier League.