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‘Yeh Buddha pagla gaya hai’ - Fans troll Sunil Gavaskar for suggesting KL Rahul as wicketkeeper for India in Test Championship Final

Here is how fans have reacted to the statement shared by Sunil Gavaskar about the inclusion of the discarded star batter for WTC final

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Team India successfully managed to get qualified for the final of the World Test Championship for two consecutive years. They defeated Australia in the Border-Gavaskar Trophy by a 2-1 margin while Sri Lanka also suffered a loss in the first match of the ongoing two-match Test series against the Kiwis. However, KL Rahul failed to get a chance in the last two matches. But, Sunil Gavaskar came up with a suggestion for Rohit Sharma regarding Rahul.

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The former team India cricketer, Gavaskar claimed that Rohit Sharma can use KL Rahul as a wicketkeeper instead of KS Bharat. His inclusion can strengthen the overall batting unit and that will help the team. He further added that Rahul batted well last time when team India went on England tour.      

“You can see KL Rahul as a wicketkeeper.” -  Sunil Gavaskar

While speaking to SportsTak, Sunil Gavaskar said: “You can see KL Rahul as a wicketkeeper. If he bats at No.5 or 6 in at the Oval (in the WTC final) then our batting will be stronger. Because he batted really well in England last year. He scored a century at the Lord's. Keep KL Rahul in mind when you pick your XI for the WTC final."

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"Dinesh Karthik summed up the problems with his wicketkeeping quite beautifully (during commentary). The real test of a wicketkeeper is on pitches like these where the ball is turning. If you look at Travis Head's dismissal when the ball turned and hit his stumps, KS Bharat's gloves were nowhere near the ball,” he added.

“That means, if the ball hadn't hit the stumps, it would have resulted in 4 byes. This is definitely a cause for concern. Whether they will select him in the XI or not is up to the selection committee but in England, you won't get pitches where the keeper has to stand up to the stumps. In that case, you can pick KL Rahul as a wicketkeeper and even Ishan Kishan can be considered. Their batting is better than Bharat's," Sunil Gavaskar concluded. Hearing that fans were not happy as Rahul failed miserably in the first two matches. Then, he failed to get a place in the final two matches. He even got stripped of the vice-captaincy post.

Here is how fans have slammed Gavaskar for his statement about including Rahul in the WTC final:     

 

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