Rahul, who occasionally dons the keeping gloves, acted as India’s designated wicketkeeper for five ODIs and as many T20Is, against Australia and New Zealand earlier this year. According to veteran wicketkeeper Parthiv Patel, Rahul fits well in India’s plans if the World Cup is the only focus for now.

“I feel Rahul is your short-term thing in a way if you’re thinking of the World Cup,” said Patel on Lockdown But Not Out. “I think he’ll do the job for you during the World Cup, there’s no doubt about it.”

“Every time I’ve met Rishabh, I’ve always told him that people are talking about you because you’ve talent in you.

“If you had no talent and if you weren’t talented, people wouldn’t have been talking about you, so keep that in mind. Sometimes, you have to go back to domestic cricket and just get that form back,” he said.