India star’s wicket-keeper batter Ishan Kishan has withdrawn his title from the Test squad for the sequence towards South Africa. BCCI has introduced that Kishan has requested to launch him from the upcoming 2-match sequence towards the Proteas. Selectors have picked KS Bharat instead of the younger wicket-keeper batter for the sequence away from dwelling.
BCCI have introduced that Kishan has requested to overlook the sequence because of private causes. (Hardik Pandya As A Captain Is Not A Finished Product Yet: Aakash Chopra Ahead Of IPL 2024)
“Mr Ishan Kishan has requested the BCCI to be released from the upcoming Test series against South Africa citing personal reasons. The wicket-keeper has subsequently been withdrawn from the Test squad,” learn the official web site of BCCI.
 UPDATE : Ishan Kishan withdrawn from #TeamIndia’s Test squad. KS Bharat named as substitute. #SAvIND
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 BCCI (@BCCI) December 17, 2023
Kishan is but to play a match for India in any format because the 2023 ODI World Cup. KL Rahul was the person behind the wickets in World Cup and it may very well be the identical factor within the Test sequence towards South Africa that India opts to go together with him as wicket-keeper instead of Bharat as first-choice.
Good information for the selectors is that Rishabh Pant can also be making a comeback within the IPL as per experiences which supplies them an additional possibility to select from and certainly a high quality possibility as nicely. Although, Rahul has been distinctive behind the wickets in ODIs and T20Is, Pant nonetheless stays a superb possibility if he makes a comeback quickly.
Talking about Kishan’s substitute, KS Bharat final performed in June this 12 months in a Test sequence towards Australia during which he didn’t impress. Bharat made his Test debut in February however was not a part of Team India’s plans for the sequence towards South Africa.
India’s squad for Tests: Rohit Sharma (C), Shubman Gill, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer, Ruturaj Gaikwad, KL Rahul (wk), Ravichandran Ashwin, Ravindra Jadeja, Shardul Thakur, Mohd. Siraj, Mukesh Kumar, Jasprit Bumrah (VC), Prasidh Krishna, KS Bharat (wk).
