Sunil Gavaskar backs this wicketkeeper in Team India playing XI in WTC Final

Indian cricket legend Sunil Gavaskar feels that Indian captain Rohit Sharma should consider replacing KS Bharat with KL Rahul as the wicketkeeper-batter for the WTC Final against Australia in June purely because of the latter's batting abilities.

"You can see KL Rahul as a wicketkeeper. If he bats at No.5 or 6 in at the Oval (in the WTC final) then our batting will be stronger. Because he batted really well in England last year. He scored a century at the Lord's. Keep KL Rahul in mind when you pick your XI for the WTC final," Gavaskar told Sports Tak.

With Rishabh Pant out of the picture with a long-term injury, KS Bharat was chosen as his replacement for the Border Gavaskar Trophy where the 29-year-old failed to impress with the bat and didn't look confident with his role behind the stumps as well.

KL Rahul was recently removed from his role as vice-captain of the Test squad and not chosen for the last 2 Tests against Australia after failing to even cross the 30-run mark in his last 10 Test innings.

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