Indian senior pacer Sreesanth commented on Ishan Kishan‘s place in team India. Sreesanth said that KL Rahul will be the first choice when he gets fit and Ishan Kishan will be replaced, He also said that Ishan Kishan is only filling his place as a wicketkeeper in the absence of KL Rahul as he is the first choice of selectors and team management, Ishan Kishan may have to sit out as soon as Rahul returns.
Let us tell you that in the first match of the Asia Cup, Ishaan Kishan saved the team from collapsing by playing a crucial inning against Pakistan on a critical occasion. After big players like Virat and Rohit succumbed to the Pakistani fast bowlers, Ishan first established himself with Shreyas Iyer and then along with Hardik Pandya, took the Indian team to a respectable score. And if we talk about KL Rahul, he was last seen playing in the IPL 3 months ago, after which he had to be out of the IPL midway due to injury.
It is difficult to predict anything in Indian cricket- S Sreesanth
During an interview with Bharat Keeda, Sreesanth, while speaking to the Indian team management partners, said that he cannot say anything about what is happening in Indian cricket at this time. No batting order has been determined for players like Shreyas Iyer yet. Shreyas has come back to Team India after a long time and as soon as he came, he hit good shots against Pakistan and looked in form but unfortunately, one of his shots, which was not very useless, went straight into the hand of the fielder and his innings ended only. Got limited to 14 runs only.
“It is difficult to predict anything in Indian cricket. Anything can happen. I think that Shreyas Iyer also doesn’t have a designated place in the batting order and will have to keep shuffling. Once KL Rahul is fit, and if he is going to keep, he will replace Ishan Kishan,” said Sreesanth.
Praising Hardik Pandya in his statement, he said that Hardik Pandya, along with Ishan Kishan, played an important role in handling the Indian team, and along with that, he instructed his teammate to give an aggressive send-off after the opposition player took the wicket. Retaliated with 3 fours in the very next over, as if to say that he is still the same old Hardik Pandya.
Hardik Pandya has always performed well in big tournaments against Pakistan and has pulled the Indian team out of trouble. He did the same feat once again on Sunday and the Indian team, which lost 4 wickets for just 66 runs, scored with Ishan Kishan. Together they reached 200 and just 13 runs before his century, Shaheen became the victim of Shah Afridi
“I would say it was a captain’s knock by Hardik Pandya. He built his innings brilliantly alongside Ishan Kishan. After Haris Rauf gave Ishan Kishan an aggressive send-off, Hardik hit him for three consecutive fours. It was like he was telling him that he was still the same. Hardik Pandya and is only showing him respect because of the situation,” he added.
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