Former Indian batsman Gautam Gambhir, who is currently in the news for his statements, has raised questions about Indian wicketkeeper-batsman Ishan Kishan‘s batting technique against spin. Gambhir suggested Ishan Kishan to improve his batting before the World Cup.
During the defeat against Bangladesh, no batsman except Shubman Gill could stand against the Bangladeshi bowlers and India lost 6 wickets against Bangladesh. Had to face defeat by runs. This is India’s first and only defeat in this Asia Cup. In this match, Ishan Kishan looked helpless in front of Mehidy Hasan Miraj and lost his wicket at the score of just 5 runs. Before this, in many matches, Ishaan has proved himself in the middle order.
Ishan Kishan will have to improve his game- Gautam Gambhir
Gautam Gambhir was having an interaction with Star Sports and criticized Ishan Kishan’s batting against Bangladesh. Gautam Gambhir was quite furious on Ishan Kishan and stated that the left handed batter will have to improve his game.
“If you are thinking about him at No. 5, he will have to improve his game. When he opened in the final, a totally different Ishan Kishan was seen. When you go in the middle order and an off-spinner is bowling, I agree you can play freely if you are 200/3,” said Gautam Gambhir.
“However, if you are 50/3, can you rotate the strike? You still have time to improve that before the World Cup because the reverse lap we saw against Bangladesh showed clearly that you are not that comfortable against spin, especially off-spin”, he added.
“You will get to play spin in the World Cup if you play at No. 5” – Gautam Gambhir
Gautam Gambhir discussed many important issues while talking to Star Sports. Raising questions, he said that if a player has to bat at the fifth position then he will have to face spin. He says that Ishan Kishan can play at the fifth position only if Shreyas Iyer is not fit.
“You will get to play spin in the World Cup if you play at No. 5. So that is the only debatable number for me, that whether you will see Ishan Kishan playing at No. 5 if Shreyas Iyer is fit,” said Gautam Gambhir.
“However, if Shreyas Iyer is not fit, you will have to back Ishan Kishan only unless you back Ravindra Jadeja (to bat up the order) and play Suryakumar Yadav at No. 7. I don’t think that is going to happen. So if Ishan bats better at No. 5 against spin, you would have more or less covered your entire batting order and playing XI,” he added.