India’s stand-in captain Suryakumar Yadav has opened up about the choice between Ishan Kishan and Jitesh Kumar for the first T20I against Australia starting Thursday. In the absence of Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli, Jasprit Bumrah and Hardik Pandya, the Men in Blue have selected their second team for the T20 series.
Ishan Kishan was recently part of India’s Asia Cup and World Cup teams and played various roles for the team. The left-handed batsman played in Mumbai where he batted for the Indians and in 15 matches he performed reasonably well, scoring 454 runs and an impressive batting average of 142.76.
Jitesh Sharma has impressed everyone with his powerful batting and finishing skills and has also impressed with his work behind the stumps for Punjab Kings and Vidarbha. He made his international debut in his 2022 Asian Games match against Nepal in Hangzhou and would like to feature if the opportunity arises.
In the pre-match press conference, Suryakumar Yadav said that he wanted to maintain continuity with Jitesh Sharma from the last tournament and said that Ishan Kishan had performed exceptionally well in the role given to him in the Asia Cup. added. He said that he is eligible to play in the ODI World Cup and a decision will be taken in this regard.
“I mean, we wanted to maintain continuity from the last tournament because he did really well. And he’s a guy who takes it seriously every time he comes to a training session And Ishan has taken on the same role in the World Cup as he did in the Asia Cup and has done very well in the batting order.”
“I think he deserves this chance too. But from now on, I’ll definitely take the call tonight. It’s about what we want from both of us,” Suryakumar Yadav said.
Experienced Indian players like Virat Kohli, Rohit Sharma, Ravindra Jadeja, Jasprit Bumrah and Mohammed Shami will be rested after the 2023 ODI World Cup. It will give emerging players an opportunity to grow. Developing talent who can showcase their skills ahead of his crucial T20 World Cup in 2024.
VVS Laxman, director of the National Cricket Academy (NCA) in Bangalore, will lead Team India in the five-match Twenty20 International series against Australia and will feature full-time Rahul Dravid’s position in the Indian team after his coaching period with the Indian team ended.
