With several senior Indian cricketers resting at home from the ongoing T20I series against South Africa, the team management has given several youngsters a chance to stake their claim for a spot in the shortest format. With this, the selectors are hoping to widen the pool of players so that they can shortlist a team for T20Is. World The cup is to be played in Australia later this year.
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Many of the contenders are young Ishan Kishan Opening the innings, he has performed quite impressively in the first two T20Is. In the opener of the series, he played a brilliant innings of 76 runs in 48 balls and in the second he scored 34 runs in 21 balls.
However, Ishaan is not the first-choice opener. Rohit Sharma and KL Rahul are the two designated openers and once they return to the fold, there will be a big question as to where Ishaan fits in – will he be demoted to the batting order or completely dropped from the eleven and He will be called whenever required. ,
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the former India Opener Gautam Gambhir, who has been instrumental in bringing home the T20 and ODI World Cups, feels that whether he scores runs or not, Ishaan should be part of the plan.
The question is when KL Rahul, Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli Coming back, will the Indian team be with him? Because you always talk about having the X-factor and a fearless approach. Whether he (Ishaan) scores runs or not, he brings in that fearless approach. Will they be tempted to start with him and Rohit and play KL Rahul in the middle order? said Gambhir star sports,
But I want to stick with him in Australian conditions where there will be bouncy wickets and he likes to pull from the backfoot and he hits the length ball very well. I think he should stick with them for this T20 World Cup. If he is in the scheme of things then they will play him till the World Cup,” he said.
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