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2 Players Who Might Replace Rishabh Pant for the Border-Gavaskar Test Series Against Australia

The cricket universe was stunned by the unfortunate news of Rishabh Pant’s news in the final week of 2022. The star Indian cricketer has suffered fatal injuries, which will keep him out of action for quite some time now. As per reports, Rishabh Pant has been ruled out of Test series against Australia.

The 2023 Border-Gavaskar Trophy series between India and Australia is quite crucial for the Indian team because they need to win at least three Tests to qualify for the World Test Championship Final.

Rishabh Pant was going to be a crucial player for India in the series, but he has been ruled out of the series now. In his absence, India will need a middle-order batting option. If he can keep the wickets, it will be an added bonus. Otherwise, India will have to ask KL Rahul to keep the wickets.

In this article now, we will list one wicket-keeper and one non-wicket-keeper who can take the place of Rishabh Pant in India’s playing XI for the Border-Gavaskar Trophy series.

1. Suryakumar Yadav can replace Rishabh Pant in Test series against Australia

Suryakumar Yadav has been a game-changer for the Indian cricket team in the T20I team. He has a decent record in ODIs as well, but the Mumbai batter is yet to make his Test debut.

Yadav was drafted into the Indian Test squad for the away series against the England cricket team last year, but he is yet to make his debut. The right-handed batter is an aggressive batter like Rishabh, which is why he can be a good replacement.

2. KS Bharat

If India prefer to go in with a wicket-keeping option as Rishabh Pant’s replacement, then KS Bharat will be the ideal choice. Bharat has been warming the benches for quite some time now. He even kept the wickets as a substitute keeper once, but Bharat is yet to make his Test debut.

It will be interesting to see which player takes Rishabh Pant’s place in the playing XI.

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