Team India will be facing Australia in the WTC Final 2023 in June at the Oval in London. The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) has recently announced a 15-member squad for the final keeping the conditions in mind. However, what has grabbed attention is that there is only one designated wicketkeeper in the side in the form of KS Bharat.
While Bharat is a capable wicket-keeper and KL Rahul is the backup option, there is a debate going on as to who should keep the wickets in the final against Australia. Interestingly, the name of MS Dhoni, the legendary Indian captain, has been thrown into the mix.
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During an interaction on ESPNCricinfo, When former Indian head coach Ravi Shastri was asked about the possibility of Dhoni coming out of retirement to keep wickets in the WTC final, he replied, “Oh yeah. He has shown up a lot of young keepers in the country with the way he has kept behind the stumps, the way he has moved just for someone who doesn’t play first-class cricket just to pitch up.”
“Nah. Once MS makes up his mind, he makes up his mind. To leave Test cricket, where he could have easily played for a year or year and a half, if he was statistically driven like our country is then he would have loved that 100 Test match mark, big crowd, nice ceremony, nice presentation, walk around the crowd, say goodbye to everyone…he doesn’t want that. He’s like hands up, new man is there, let him be.”