These 3 wicketkeeper players can replace Rishabh Pant, Team India’s squad in Asia Cup can share
Indian team The wicketkeeper batsman Rishabh Pant may be out of the T20 Asia Cup 2025 (Asia Cup 2025) due to a leg injury. This is the reason why today through this special article, we are going to tell you about those three wicketkeeper players who can become part of Team India’s squad if Rishabh Pant is not available.
Sanju Samson (Sanju Samson): We have named Sanju Samson at the top of this list, which can be a part of the Indian squad as a wicketkeeper during the Asia Cup in the absence of Rishabh Pant. The 30 -year -old player has an experience of playing 42 T20 International in which he scored 861 runs, hitting 3 centuries and 2 half centuries. Also know that Sanju Samson was also part of the Indian team in the last T20 World Cup, but there he did not get a chance to play any match there.
KL Rahul: This special list of ours also includes the name of the right -handed experienced player KL Rahul, who can now return to India’s T20 Squad after 2022. This 33 -year -old player has a great ability to wicketkeeping and has hit 2,265 runs in 72 T20 matches for the country at an average of 37.75. Also know that KL Rahul has an experience of 239 T20 matches, in which he did 7 centuries and 68 half -century and did 8,125 runs.
Jitesh Sharma (Jitesh Sharma): The third and last player in our list is Royal Challengers Bangalore’s explosive wicketkeeper Batter Jitesh Sharma who also has experience of playing 9 T20 International for India.
This right -handed batsman, while batting in the middle order for Team India towards Rishabh Pant, has a hunger to score runs in a stormy style. Recently, he did a similar feat for RCB in IPL 2025 and scored 261 runs at an average of 37.28 in 11 innings of 15 matches and 261 runs at a strike rate of 176.35. Also know that Jitesh has played a total of 141 T20 matches in which he has 2,886 runs at a strike rate of more than 150.
