2024 T20 World Cup: Key Wicketkeeper Options for Pakistan and India Analyzed
Pakistan And India’s Possible Wicketkeeper for T20 World Cup 2024
Now let’s talk about the teams of Pakistan and India, and what options Pakistan and India have in wicketkeeping, we will discuss this in detail. Having to pick one or two will give you an idea of how both the teams are preparing for the World Cup, as I told you Pakistan and India have three wicketkeeper options each, and these are all important players.
First, we talk about Pakistan. Pakistan has Rizwan, Azam Khan and Usman Khan. Mohammad Rizwan is also opening with Babar Azam in T20 and is a very good wicketkeeper. And is also the captain of Multan Sultan in PSL. Usman Khan was earlier playing for the United Arab Emirates. This time Usman Khan performed very well in PSL 2024. On this basis, PCB Pakistan Cricket Board requested Usman Khan to play for Pakistan, then Usman Khan resigned from UAE cricket and joined Pakistan. Decided to play for Today, Pakistan is busy playing home series against New Zealand. The first T20 was rained out and ended without any result. In the second T20, Pakistan defeated New Zealand, and in the third T20, New Zealand defeated Pakistan to level the series. Now there are two T20s left which will be played at Gaddafi Stadium in Lahore and both teams New Zealand and Pakistan have reached Lahore and are busy with preparations.
As I said Rizwan must be in T20 World Cup 2024, Rizwan suffered a hamstring injury in the series against New Zealand and will be fit in 1o days. So Usman Khan is opening in PSL and he can also play the middle order Azam Khan is the best middle-order batsman but if we talk about the middle order then Pakistan has more good options in the middle order including one named Irfan Niazi and Iftikhar Ahmed. It is also possible that Pakistan will go to the ICC T20 World Cup 2024 with these three, but this decision will be taken based on the situation. Usman Khan has burnt all the boats and joined the Pakistan team and on this basis, he will be fed in the T20 World Cup 2024.
Pant has played 9 matches in Tata IPL 2024 while Sanju Samson has played 8 matches. Sanju Samson has a very good batting average. When Rishabh Pant comes to play, he takes some time and then he takes his innings forward. And many people say and many experts believe that Sanju Samson is a very good option for T20 World Cup 2024 not only because Sanju Samson is a very good batsman and also a wicketkeeper. His captaincy qualities are also prominent, due to which Sanju Samson’s place in the T20 World Cup 2024 squad is assured. Sanju Samson is a very calm captain. But he has all the makings of a good captain. Many experts also say that Rishabh Pant will be India’s priority for T20 World Cup 2024 and I also think Rishabh Pant is a strong candidate for that.
One quality that Pant has is very good is that he knows the game very well, he knows when to play in which position and how to play. If we compare the performance of Saju Rishabh Pant, Sanju Samson’s performance is nothing less than a disgrace. He played the same innings in his first match too, if he played this innings now everyone would be calling Sanju’s name like Rishabh played in a recent IPL match. If we compare Rishabh Pant’s average, Samha Samson’s average is 62.8 while Rishabh Pant’s average is 48, and based on average Sanju Samson is way ahead of Rishabh Pant. KL Rahul has scored 300 runs this season and KL Rahul also falls in the 300 category but his average is 37.