India wicketkeeper batter KS Bharat and Ishan Kishan had a competition among them to make it into the WTC final playing XI. However, with the nature of the game and the former doing well with the gloves, he was preferred. Meanwhile, in the ongoing WTC final, Bharat has taken two catches. The first one was of the highest run-getter in the 2021-23 cycle for the Aussies, Usman Khawaja early.
With only five-odd minutes before the Lunch break in the ongoing Day One, Bharat took a catch down the leg side. David Warner tried to help the ball from Shardul Thakur on its way to Fine leg. However, the ball catches the batter’s gloves and was dying away from the wicketkeeper. In the end, the Andhra Pradesh player took the catch to send back Warner.
MS Dhoni told me the best way to keep wickets in England: KS Bharat
Meanwhile, ahead of the ongoing game, the youngster spoke to the Apex Council’s presenter. He said that during the IPL 2023, former India skipper MS Dhoni and himself had a conversation about how to keep wickets in England.
“Recently during the IPL I had a word with Mahendra,” Bharat told the Apex Council in an interview with Sanjana Ganesan at The Oval.
“He (talked about) his experiences keeping in England as well as what would work the best for any wicket-keeper.
“It was a very good conversation and there were a lot of insights from that.”
“It’s the awareness – the best example is MS Dhoni, the awareness he has in keeping is outstanding,” Bharat added.
“You need intent and passion to be a keeper, because keeping is a thankless job. You keep 90 overs in a Test day and you have to be concentrating ball by ball, so you have to accept the challenges and embrace it and be really passionate about contributing to the team.”
This is how Twitter reacted
KS Bharat mei aaj Lagaan ke Lakha ki aatma aa gayi hai shayad
— KhabriBhai (@RealKhabriBhai) June 7, 2023
Father of dhobi
— ? ? ? (@godvilliers17) June 7, 2023
Bharat with that catch has given a soft signal to the critics who questioned even his keeping to play Ishan Kishan….his batting can be questioned but not keeping .
— movieman (@movieman777) June 7, 2023
No doubt KS Bharat had a chat with MS Dhoni about keeping and has shared his insights with ICC.
— Sharon Solomon (@BSharan_6) June 7, 2023
Credit – head coach thala ( via video call)
— Lucifer ? (@vk_king_) June 7, 2023
And people were saying Ishan over Bharat. In test match you need a pure wicket keeper. Every one can't be Adam Gilchrist who can change the game with bat.
— Barkha Joshi (@bindasbarkha) June 7, 2023
And people want ishan kishan to play??
— Kandregula Pranav Sashank (@pranav_sashank) June 7, 2023
Just take this Chokeve Smith wicket at any cost pls man , I beg you as Now it's extremely hard to take wickets , sun is out , batting would be much easier ??
— Cover Drive (@RohitSharma343) June 7, 2023
Since king dhoni is not playing for Indian cricket team, all dhoni and csk fans are supporting Australia ???
— Sir Dhoni ???? (@pindaPandaV) June 7, 2023
Kona babu catch is next level ??
— Urstrulyteja_dhfvirat (@SaitejaSsmB) June 7, 2023
Salaam pic.twitter.com/SDCkKBQLSo
— Dini…senani (@dineshdhanu9) June 7, 2023
