India is searching for a replacement for wicketkeeper-batter Rishabh Pant, who is likely to miss the Border-Gavaskar Trophy and the Indian Premier League due to injuries sustained in a car accident.
Here are three candidates who could take Pant’s place in Test XI for the Border-Gavaskar Trophy:
1. KS Bharat
KS Bharat is a highly experienced domestic campaigner who has scored 4533 runs in 84 first-class matches, with 9 centuries and 25 half-centuries, including a triple hundred. He is also a strong wicketkeeper but lacks international experience.
2. Ishan Kishan
Ishan Kishan has impressed in limited appearances for India in white-ball cricket, but his Test credentials are uncertain. He has played 48 first-class matches and scored 2985 runs, with 6 centuries and 16 half-centuries, but has no international experience in Tests.
3. Sanju Samson
Sanju Samson is an intriguing candidate. He has played in ODIs and T20Is for India but has struggled with inconsistency in white-ball cricket. He has more international experience than Kishan, but his domestic record in first-class cricket is similar, with 3446 runs in 58 matches, with 10 centuries and 15 half-centuries.