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KS Bharat to play club cricket in England | Cricket News

KS Bharat to play club cricket in England | Cricket News

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Discarded India wicketkeeper-batter KS Bharat has signed up for the London-based Dulwich Cricket Club for the 2025 Surrey Championship campaign. The 31-year-old has played 7 Tests for India, including the World Test Championship final against Australia in 2023. Bharat, who has played for the multiple IPL franchises, including Kolkata Knight Riders, Royal Challengers Bangalore and Delhi Capitals was unsold in the mega auction. Story continues below this ad Fresh off their promotion to the Premier Division, Dulwich will be looking to KS Bharat to make an immediate impact on the field. Bharat has last played for India against England during the five-match Test series in 2024. In 2015, KS Bharat caught the attention of the Indian cricket fraternity after becoming the first wicketkeeper-batsman to score a triple-century in the Ranji Trophy. KS Bharat has played 105 first-class matches, and has scored 5686 runs including 10 centuries and 32 fifties. Story continues below this ad Against Australia and in the World Test Championship final, Bharat’s batting didn’t look the part especially against pacers and even Nathan …

‘We’re not forcing him to do anything’: India coach Rahul Dravid on Ishan Kishan’s comeback | Cricket News

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After India defeated England by 108 runs in the second Test to level the five-Test series 1-1, head coach Rahul Dravid was once again asked about the way back into the Indian team for Ishan Kishan. The wicketkeeper has not played for India since November and had requested the team management for a break in the middle of the South Africa tour in December citing personal reasons. He has since not featured for Jharkhand as well in the ongoing Ranji Trophy. But with Rishabh Pant out of action due to his long term injury and KS Bharat struggling with the bat, the focus has understandably turned back on Ishan. “There is way back for anyone and everyone. I don’t want to go on labouring about the Ishan Kishan point. Have tried to explain this as best as I can, the point was he had requested a break, we were happy to give him the break,” Dravid said in his post-match press conference on Monday after India’s victory. “Whenever he is ready, I didn’t say he …

IND vs ENG: Why KS Bharat fits the bill as wicketkeeper for England Test series at home | Cricket News

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In 2019, more than a year after Rishabh Pant made his debut, as South Africa came visiting, India sprung a surprise. At Visakhapatnam, they drafted in another wicketkeeper Wriddhiman Saha ahead of Pant. Saha hadn’t played a Test for 20 months. On turning pitches, where the ball can do all sorts of tricks, they valued the primary skills of Saha over what Pant offered with the bat. With their spinners capable of creating plenty of chances they didn’t want any of them to go begging. And five years later, despite a new team management and captain in place, in the pearl city of Hyderabad, India are fully valuing the gem of a wicketkeeper they have in KS Bharat. Not even the presence of a brittle middle-order in the absence of Virat Kohli for the first two Tests against England is making Rohit Sharma and Rahul Dravid go with KL Rahul as a fill-in and rope in an extra batsman in Rajat Patidar or Rinku Singh. Even when Kohli was around, the form of Shubman Gill …

KS Bharat, not KL Rahul to keep wickets during India-England home Test series | Cricket News

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KL Rahul won’t be the first choice as the Indian team wicket-keeper going ahead during the India vs England Test series at home. Instead, specialist wicket-keeper KS Bharat will be doing the regular job and Rahul will be back on the field as a batsman and fielder. The reason is that the Indian team will once again prepare a turner for the visiting England team for their five-match Test series at home. The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) senior selection committee, headed by Ajit Agarkar, picked the Indian team test squad for the first two Test matches and have chosen two full-time wicket-keepers, Bharat and Dhruv Jurel. The Indian Express understands that the team management has made it clear to the selection committee that Rahul was asked to keep wickets in South Africa due to the bounce in the pitch. The fast bowlers came into play during the two Test match series against South Africa, and most of the time, the ball was collected over waist height. As a result, the Indian …