
Foakes did not concede a single bye in Visakhapatnam ©BCCI
Rehan Ahmed boldly proclaimed Ben Foakes as the best wicketkeeper in the world last week. "I have never seen anyone as good as him," he had said. "I reckon he is the best keeper in the world, ever. He trains so hard. I just don't see him miss a ball. I can't even explain how good he is."
All of 19 years of age and with 16 international games under his belt, out of which only three are Tests, Rehan would easily go down as a rookie in the game and his sweeping statement can be easy to look past. But the performance from Foakes has been such that it has compelled even the experts to weigh in.
Foakes' stunning catches, snatching deliveries from under batsmen's noses during the