Top 5 best wicketkeepers for the future of Indian cricket

These are the five potential wicket keepers for the future of Indian cricket.

KONA SRIKAR BHARAT (ANDHRA PRADESH)

KS Bharat - Andhra PradeshKona Srikar Bharat or KS Bharat is one of the most promising wicketkeepers in the country who plies his trade for Andhra Pradesh in the Indian domestic scene. The 24-year-old wicketkeeper was born in Vishakhapatnam in 1993 and made his FC debut in 2012. His claim to fame came in 2015 when he became the first wicket-keeper batsman in Indian domestic cricket to score a triple hundred in the Ranji Trophy.

Srikar Bharat is a very safe wicketkeeper behind the stumps and a batsman who can defend and take the attack to the bowlers as well. Bharat was a part of the Delhi Daredevils squad in the Indian Premier League and has been named in the squad for India Blue for the 2018–19 Duleep Trophy.

As part of the India A team, KS Bharat also joined the select list of wicketkeepers with  10 catches in a game. He became the 7th Indian keeper to claim ten and more catches in a first-class match, a feat he achieved against South Africa A.  

 
 

By Jatin Sharma - 18 Aug, 2018

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