20Photo© indianexpress.comPlayers have moved on from World Cup disappointment, focus on Test series: Dravid
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New Delhi: Indian cricket team Head coach Rahul Dravid has expressed his thoughts that he is looking forward to seeing KL Rahul keep wickets for the team ahead of the two-match-test series against South Africa. The first test match is going to be played at Centurion on December 26, and the second and final will be played in Cape Town on January 3, 2024.
Middle-order batter KL Rahul has filled the shoes for India in the wicket-keeping department in the absence of Rishabh Pant. However, the Lucknow Super Giants skipper has kept wickets for his national side in 35 ODIs and 8 T20Is, but Rahul is yet to keep the wickets in the longest format of the game.
However, in the recently concluded ODI three-match ODI series, the Karnataka-born cricketer kept wickets for India in the first and third 50-over games. Rahul also became the second Indian captain after Virat Kohli to win a 50-over format series after him.
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