“Don’t forget that he has over 5000 first-class runs,” BCCI Selector picks this batter as the perfect replacement for Pant against Australia Test Series

Team India star wicket-keeper batter Rishabh Pant will be missed more when India takes on Australia in the very important Border-Gavaskar series starting on 9 February. Pant’s attacking brand of cricket in the longest format has helped Team India win many Test matches, especially in overseas venues in recent years.

The debate so far has been between Ishan Kishan and KS Bharat so far on who would replace Pant. However, BCCI selector Sridharan Sharath snubbed both Ishan and Bharat to name Suryakumar Yadav as the perfect replacement for Pant, the batter.

“Suryakumar Yadav is also capable of stealing the game from the opposition. He has different shots to unsettle an attack. Don’t forget he has over 5000 first-class runs,” he told Sportstar.

Talking about the upcoming talents from the domestic level, Sharath said, “Sarfaraz, Abhimanyu Easwaran, Rajat Patidar, Mukesh Kumar, Kuldeep Sen and Saurabh Kumar are very promising. They combine talent with numbers.”