Indian skipper Rohit Sharma said on the eve of the series opener in Guwahati that while it was unfortunate that Ishan Kishan would have to warm the bench despite scoring a double hundred, it was only fair that Shubman Gill, who had performed well in the format over the previous year, would be given a fair run.
Both of the openersu2014Gill and Kishanu2014have performed extremely well. However, considering how both have performed, I think it is fair that we give Gill a fair run because Gill got a lot of runs in the last games as well, Rohit told reporters on the eve of the first One-Day International against Sri Lanka.
I will not acquire anything from Ishan. He has served us admirably. I know what it takes to achieve a double hundred, which is a significant accomplishment, and he achieved it. However, just to be honest and fair to the guys, who have done really well before, he explained, we need to give those guys enough chances as well.
Venkatesh Prasad, a former India bowling coach, was particularly enraged by the team management’s decision to sacrifice Ishan Kishan.
The former India fast bowler took aim at Rohit and Dravid’s decision to give up an X-factor like Ishan Kishan in favor of a mediocre KL Rahul, who has failed miserably across all formats in the past year, in a series of tweets.
With the exception of a few sporadic innings, Rahul’s performance in the past year was below average, and people have been calling for his departure from the Indian team in all three formats.
u201cIn England, Pant contributed to India’s series victory by scoring a hundred in the final ODI. However, based on performance in T20, was dropped from the ODI team. On the other hand, with the exception of a few innings, KL Rahul has consistently failed, but he continues to play. The primary criterion is not performance. Sad,u201d he wrote in the thread’s final tweet.
On the Bangladesh tour, Ishan Kishan only got one chance, and he set a record that is one of the rarest in cricket. If a batter fails to make the starting XI for the subsequent match, even after scoring a double hundred, there is a serious problem.
