All eyes are on the Indian team management as the Indian cricket community eagerly awaits to see who replaces the wicket-keeper in the upcoming ODI World Cup 2023. Rishabh Pant is out as he recovers from the car accident in December of last year. KL Rahul, Ishan Kishan, and Sanju Samson are currently in contention for the role of wicket-keeper in the ODI team. While it’s still unclear who will replace Pant, wicket-keeper-batter Dinesh Karthik believes Rahul could be the World Cup’s go-to wicket-keeper.
“It’s very hard to say but you have to say that KL Rahul is the front-runner because he’s been part of the Indian team batting at number five. He’ll be the front-runner followed by Sanju and Ishan Kishan,” said Dinesh Karthik while attending an event in Chennai.
“I think we have a set of cricketers who can do special things being part of the team and how we gel together as a unit and get the most forceful team onto the park will be the biggest challenge,” added Karthik.
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Since the Asia Cup 2023 and the ODI World Cup are approaching, it is anticipated that Rahul would make his comeback before the two mentioned competitions. Rahul suffered a thigh injury in the latter stages of the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2023, and he was therefore unable to participate in the remainder of the games.
Additionally, the batter was kept off the field during team India’s humiliating loss to Australia in the recently held ICC World Test Championship (WTC) 2021-23 final at The Oval in London. Rahul had surgery in the UK in the meantime and is now undergoing a rigorous rehabilitation regimen at the National Cricket Academy (NCA) in Bengaluru.
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