Five Under-19 Wicket-keepers Who Can Replace MS Dhoni

When it comes to Test cricket, the importance of a wicket-keeper gets doubled. Besides his duties with the bat, he arranges the fielders to help his skipper while taking a review.

With the shoulder injury of Saha, Indian management gets baffled by the shock. The discarded Dinesh Karthik and a new-comer Rishabh Pant got a chance to showcase his skills. Karthik failed entirely while as Pant had a promising start so far.

Here are the five wicketkeepers in Under-19 cricket, can fill MSD’s shoes in all formats.

Harvik Desai

Desai is a Saurashtra based cricketer who made his List A debut on 26th February 2017 in Vijay Hazare Trophy 2016-17.

Following his brilliant Performance there, in 2017 he was drawn into the squad of Under-19 World Cup 2018. He has played only five List A matches till yet. However, he can be an asset for India in the future considering his wicket-keeper skills.

Ankush Bains

Ankush Bains represents Himachal Pradesh in the domestic cricket. He has participated in 11 first-class games and three List A games. His batting average is 47.33 and has already left many traces of his success.

Chennai Super Kings signed up with the cricketer in 2014 for ten lakhs. However, he found a new buyer in 2015 as the new team of IPL, Rising Pune Supergiants bought him for ten lakhs.

Ishan Kishan

He was the skipper of Under-19 World Cup in 2016. Besides being a wicket-keeper, he is an aggressive left-hand batsman who plays for Jharkhand in domestic.

In the auction process of 2018, Mumbai Indians bought Ishant Kishan for a whopping sum of 6.2 crores. Besides having 19 T20 games, Kishan has 32 first-class matches and seven List A games.

Anuj Rawat

He is a Delhi based cricket which made his first-class debut in 2017 edition of Ranji Trophy.

He was named as skipper of the team who toured Sri Lanka for a four days leg. Delhi was in search of a wicket-keeper who could have been back-up of Rishabh Pant. However, they got a wiry wicketkeeper-batsman on 6 October 2017 when he made his debut.

Aryan Juyal

He made his debut on 11 February 2018 in Vijay Hazare Trophy 2017-18. Juyal made his List A debut from Uttar Pradesh.

Before his List A debut, he found his name in the squad of Under-19 World Cup in 2018. He made his Under-19 debut against South Africa at Christchurch, New Zealand. He is a wicket-keeper batsman who can fulfill the needs of a wicket-keeper in future.