IND vs SL: India captain Rohit Sharma has been the target of former cricketers and experts ever since he made the decision to drop Ishan Kishan who scored a double hundred in his last One Day Internationals. Team India chose Shubman Gill over Ishan Kishan for the opening slot with the skipper. The decision has stirred a huge controversy across social media.
Meanwhile, former India pacer Venkatesh Prasad has also criticised Rohit Sharma for dropping Ishan Kishan in the first match of the Sri Lanka ODIs.\
Venkatesh ‘sad’ with Rohit’s decision
In a series of tweets, he backlashed at the management for not including Kishan in the eleven.
“Think fair would have been to give chance to a man who scored a double hundred in India’s last ODI, and in a series where India lost two games and the series. Have all the time in the world for Gill, but no way you drop a player for scoring a double ton. And if one is convinced to play Gill , then can have him bat at 3 and let Ishan keep wickets instead of KL Rahul,” Prasad wrote on Twitter.
“In Eng, Pant scored a hundred in the final ODI and helped India win the series. However, based on T20 form was dropped from ODI team. KL Rahul on the other hand barring a couple of innings has failed consistently but retains his place. Performance is not the foremost parameter. Sad,” he further wrote.
What Rohit said?
Earlier, Rohit Sharma said, “both openers (Gill and Kishan) have done really well. But looking at how both have gone through, I think it is fair that we give Gill a chance to have a fair run because in the last (few) games Gill got a lot of runs as well.”
“It is unfortunate that we won’t be able to play Ishan but looking at how things have panned out for us in the last 8-9 months, looking at how the ODIs have gone through for us, it is fair to give Gill that run and he has done extremely well in that position. We will try out and keep Ishan in the mix and see how things pan out for us as we play a lot of games ahead,” he concluded.
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