"AFTER MS DHONI WHO?"
INDIA'S MOST SUCCESFULL WICKET KEEPER AND THE BEST FINISHER OF ALL TIME IS NOW 38 YEARS OLD YES ITS TIME FOR HIM TO SAY A FINAL GOODBYE TO INTERNATIONAL CRICKET AFTER RETIRING FROM TEST CRICKET IN 2014 DHONI HAS MADE HIMSELF UN AVAILABLE FOR NUMEROUS UPCOMING SERIES AGAINST SOUTH AFRICA, BANGLADESH ETC.. THE SELECTORS STILL HAS TO ANSWER THE MOST OBVIOUS QUESTION THAT WHO WILL FIT IN HIS SHOES AS THE FINISHER.
MS DHONI MADE 17,266 INTERNATIONAL RUNS IN ALL THE THREE FORMATS
AND MADE 4,432 RUNS IN IPL HE STEPPED DOWN AS THE SKIPPER OF THE LIMITED OVERS FORMAT ON 4TH JANUARY 2017 AND RETIRED FROM TEST CRICKET IN 2014 HIS EXPERIENCE,TACTICAL KNOWLEDGE BEHIND THE STUMPS IS STILL A LETHAL WEAPON THE TEAM HAS.BUT AFTER THE LOSS OF 2019 WORLD CUP INDIAN TEAM WILL NOT BE ABLE TO GET THIS EXPERIENCE IN THE FORM OF DHONI. HE ALSO FACE CERTAIN UPS AND DOWNS IN THE CAREER WHEN HIS IPL TEAM (CHENNAI SUPER KINGS) GOT BANNED FOR 2 YEARS DUE TO MATCH FIXING CHARGES DHONI HIMSELF SAID IT WAS HIS TOUGHEST TIME AS A CRICKETER AND NO BODY COULD FORGET HE BROUGHT
US 2 WORLD CUPS ONE IN 2007 AND IN 2011 AS THE CAPTAIN OF THE TEAM.
HE IS REGARDED AS THE "CAPTAIN COOL" BECAUSE OF HIS CALMNESS IN MOST OF THE SITUATIONS.
HERE IS THE LIST OF FEW WICKET KEEPERS WHO COULD MAKE AN IMPACT AFTER MS DHONI:
1) RISHABH PANT
HERE IS THE LIST OF FEW WICKET KEEPERS WHO COULD MAKE AN IMPACT AFTER MS DHONI:
1) RISHABH PANT
RISHABH PANT IS AN EXPLOSIVE 21 YEAR OLD WICKETKEEPER BATSMAN BROUGHT AS THE REPLACEMENT OF MS DHONI TO PLAY THE ROLE OF A FINISHER IN ALL THE THREE FORMATS.
RISHABH PANT HAS MADE 1,308 RUNS IN ALL THE THREE FORMATS AND MADE
1,736 RUNS IN IPL FOR DELHI CAPITALS HE WAS BROUGHT IN THE TEAM AS AN EXPLOSIVE WICKETKEEPER BATSMAN WHO CAN PLAY THE ROLE OF A FINISHER BUT AFTER COMING TO THE TEAM DESPITE OF MANY CHANCES HIS SHOT SELECTIONS AND PLAYING LONG INNINGS HAD COME UNDER SEVERE QUESTIONING IS HE THE RIGHT CHOICE AS THE REPLACEMENT OF MS DHONI
HE CAME TO THE TEAM BECAUSE OF HIS EXTRAORDINARY PERFORMANCES IN IPL HIS MOST RECENT STINT WAS WHEN HE WAS SELECTED AS THE REPLACEMENT OF LEFT HANDED BATSMAN SHIKHAR DHAWAN BUT HE FAILED TO MAKE AN EXTRAORDINARY EFFECT IN THE TOURNAMENT.
2) ISHAN KISHAN
ISHAN KISHAN IS AN ATTACKING 21 YEAR OLD WICKET KEEPER BATSMAN WHO IS ALSO IN THE LIST OF REPLACING THE POSITION OF MS DHONI AS A WICKET KEEPER
HE ALSO LEAD THE INDIAN UNDER -19 TEAM IN WORLD CUP 2016.
THE LEFT HANDED OPENER FROM JHARKHAND HAS MADE HIS NAME THROUGH A ATTACKING BATSMAN.HE WAS'NT ABLE TO PLAY WELL IN THE UNDER 19 WORLD BUT CAME BACK STRONGLY IN THE RANJI SEASON MAKING 799 RUNS THAT INCLUDED A CAREER BEST 273 AGAINST DELHI.HE GAINED TREMENDOUSLY FROM THE PLATFORM THAT IPL HAS PROVIDED HIM HE IMPRESSED EVERYONE WITH HIS LOWER ORDER HITTING FOR GUJRAT LIONS IN 2017 AND HE ALSO PERFORMED WELL FOR MUMBAI INDIANS IN 2018,HIS MOST RECENT STINT WAS WHEN HE WAS SELECTED TO PLAY FOR INDIA A AGAINST SOUTH AFRICA A.
3) SANJU SAMSON
SANJU SAMSON IS A TEMPERAMENTAL 24 YEAR OLD RIGHT HANDED WICKET KEEPER BATSMAN WHO IS ALSO IN THE LIST TO BECOME DHONI'S SUCCESSOR BUT DESPITE OF HIS SOME EXTRAORDINARY PERFORMANCES HE HAS'NT GOT THE CHANCE IN THE TEAM
SANJU SAMSON MADE HIS FIRST CLASS DEBUT AT THE AGE OF 17 FOR KERALA AGAINST VIDARBHA HE WAS ALSO SENT TO UAE TO REPRESENT THE COUNTRY IN UNDER-19 WORLD CUP AND WAS THE TOP RUN GETTER FOR INDIA, CONSISTENT PERFORMANCES IN IPL FOR RAJASTHAN ROYALS MEANT,SAMSON WAS PICKED FOR THE ZIMBABWE TOUR IN 2015,HE ALSO PLAYED FOR DELHI DAREDEVILS IN 2016 AND BECAME THIRD HIGHEST RUN SCORER FOR HIS TEAM.HE WAS PICKED FOR THE INDIA A TOUR OF AUSTRALIA AND PLAYED A FEW HANDY KNOCKS WHICH HELPED THEM TO WIN THE QUADRANGULAR SERIES INVOLVING AUSTRALIA A,SOUTH AFRICA A AND NATIONAL PERFORMANCE SQUAD.SAMSON WAS CONSIDERED A FUTURE SUPERSTAR AND HIS IPL EXPLOITS EVEN SAW HIM RISE RAPIDLY IN THE PECKING ORDER TO BE MS DHONI'S SUCCESSOR.
4) WRIDDHIMAN SAHA
WRIDDHIMAN SAHA IS A 34 YEAR OLD WICKET KEEPER BATSMAN WHO ACTUALLY REPLACED MS DHONI FROM THE TEST SIDE IN 2014 WHEN HE TOOK THE RETIREMENT IN DECEMBER 2014 HE EVEN IMPRESSED EVERYONE WITH HIS QUICK REFLEXES AND MADE A REGULAR TEST WICKETKEEPER.
WRIDDHIMAN SAHA MADE 1,226 RUNS IN THE TEST SIDE AND ODI'S AS HE NEVER GOT A CHANCE IN THE T20 SIDE AFTER STAYING IN THE SIDELINES DESPITE OF SOME GOOD PERFORMANCES IN DOMESTIC FRONT DURING THE DHONI REVOLUTION HE WAS SUPRISINGLY PICKED UP IN THE TEST SIDE AS A RESERVED WICKETKEEPER IN 2010,IN 2014 WHEN DHONI GOT RETIRED FROM TEST CRICKET HE WAS THE SELECTORS FIRST CHOICE AS WICKETKEEPER DUE TO SOME AMAZING DOMESTIC PERFORMANCES AND ALSO IMPRESSED WITH HIS QUICK REFLEXES AND ACROBATIC WICKETKEEPING SKILLS,IN IPL HE WAS INITIALLY PICKED BY HIS HOME TEAM KOLKATA KNIGHT RIDERS BUT HE REMAINED IN THE SIDELINES FOR THE MAJORITY OF 3 SEASONS HE SPENT WITH THE TEAM HE FINALLY MADE A MARK IN 2014 WHEN HE WAS SIGNED BY KINGS XI PUNJAB AS A FIRST CHOICE WICKETKEEPER HE IMPRESSED EVERY ONE WITH HIS WICKETKEEPING SKILLS AND ALSO WITH HIS BATTING SKILLS AND SMASHED 115 AGIANST HIS HOME FRANCHISE KKR , HE MADE 1,765 RUNS IN IPL.
5) DINESH KARTHIK
DINESH KARTHIK IS AN EXPERIENCED 34 YEAR OLD WICKET KEEPER BATSMAN
WHO'S NAME HAS BEEN FREQUENTLY SELECTED AS A RESERVED WICKETKEEPER IN PLACE OF MS DHONI IN THE SIDE BUT HE FAILED TO CONVERT THE CHANCES TO AMAZING PERFORMANCES.
DINESH KARTHIK MADE 3,176 RUNS ACROSS ALL THE FORMATS,HE HAS PERFORMED ADMIRABLY WELL BEHIND THE STUMPS AND AS WELL AS WITH THE BAT,HE MADE HIS DEBUT IN ODI SIDE AND TEST IN 2004 BUT FAILED TO MAKE AN IMPACT TO REPLACE MS DHONI IN THE SIDE,IN 2007 HE REPLACED SEHWAG AS AN OPENER IN TOUR OF ENGLAND HE ENDED THE TEST SERIES AS INDIA'S HIGHEST RUN GETTER HANDING INDIA A BIG WIN HE DID REASONABLY WELL IN 2013 CHAMPIONS TROPHY SCORING 2 CENTURIES IN PRACTICE MATCHES AND ALSO PLAYED IN ASIA CUP 2014 WHEN MS DHONI WAS PULLED OUT OF THE TEAM DINESH KARTHIK'S MOST MEMORABLE KNOCK CAME IN THE FINAL OF NIDAHAS TROPHY WHERE HE SCORED 29 RUNS OF 8 BALLS AND LED THE TEAM TO VICTORY AGAINST BANGLADESH IN FINAL HE WAS RECENTLY SELECTED IN 2019 WORLDCUP SQUAD BUT FAILED TO MAKE A COMMENDABLE CONTRIBUTION TO THE TEAM.IN IPL ALSO HE FAILED TO PERFORM A REMEBERABLE INNINGS AS HE WAS SIGNED BY DIFFERENT FRANCHISES EVERY YEAR BUT GOOD NEWS CAME TO HIM WHEN HE WAS SIGNED BY KKR AS THIEIR CAPTAIN AND PLAYED FEW HANDY KNOCKS DOWN THE ORDER,HOWEVER KKR FAILED TO MAKE IT TO THE FINALS,HE MADE 3,654 RUNS IN IPL.
6) PARTHIV PATEL
PARTHIV PATEL IS AN EXPERIENCED 34 YEAR OLD WICKETKEEPER BATSMAN ALTHOUGH IT IS HIGHLY UNLIKELY TO RETURN IN THE SHORTER FORMATS BUT AS AN EXPERIENCED WICKETKEEPER HE CAN MAKE A RETURN TO THE TEST TEAM.
PARTHIV PATEL MADE 1,706 RUNS IN ALL THE THREE FORMATS
IN THE EARLY 2000'S WHEN INDIAN CRICKET WAS SEARCHING FOR A LONG TERM WICKET KEEPER ,SOURAV GANGULY & CO. SCOUTED 17 YEAR OLD BABY FACED PARTHIV PATEL WHO LOOKED LESS THAN 15 AND ENTRUSTED HIM AS WICKETKEEPER IN TEST SIDE AND MADE DEBUT AGAINST ENGLAND IN 2002 AND ALSO PLAYED IN 2003 WORLD CUP PARTHIV GOT AXED FROM THE TEST SIDE DUE TO HIS INCONSISTENCY AND IT WAS THE TIME WHEN DHONI WAS PERFORMING ADMIRABLY WELL EVEN AFTER DHONI' RETIREMENT IN 2014 SAHA WAS NAMED AS THE REPLACEMENT, HE CAME BACK TO THE SIDE WHEN SAHA GOT INJURED AND PLAYED SOME HANDY KNOCKS BUT UNDER KOHLI CAPTAINCY ALSO HE WAS FADED AWAY. HE PLAYED FOR CSK IN HIS INITIAL DAYS BUT HIS PERFORMANCE CAME OUT AS AN OPENER FOR MUMBAI INDIANS AND RCB IN 2017 AND 2018 RESPECTIVELY,HE MADE 2,848 RUNS IN IPL.
KL RAHUL IS THE NEW NAME IN THE LIST OF INDIAS FIND OF THE WICKETKEEPERS ALTHOUGH THE KARNATKA ORIGIN BATSMAN IS NOT A REGULAR WICKETKEEPER BUT HAD KEEP THE WICKETS IN THE PAST FOR HIS RANJI TEAM AND IN IPL
HE WAS TRIED AS A WICKETKEEPER BY INDIAN TEAM SKIPPER VIRAT KOHLI DUE TO REGULAR FAILURES OF INDIAS FIRST CHOICE WICKETKEEPER RISHABH PANT
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