IND vs SL: India captain Rohit Sharma has confirmed that opener Ishan Kishan will have to sit out even after scoring a double hundred in his last One Day Internationals. Kishan scored a blistering 210 runs vs Bangladesh and became the faster double hundred scorer in format’s history.
The left-hander, smahsed nine sixes and rained 24 fours to reach the milestone in his style. He joined elite club of Rohit Sharma, Virender Sehwag, Sachin Tendulkar, Fakhar Zaman, Chris Gayle and Martin Guptill.
Rohit confirmed that Shubhman Gill will play for the team at the top-order omitting chances of Kishan.
“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.”
“I am not going to take anything from Ishan. He has been wonderful for us. He got a double hundred and I know what it takes to get a double hundred, it is a great achievement. But just to be honest and be fair to the guys who have done really well before that we need to give those guys enough chances 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 definitely 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.
India vs Sri Lanka first ODI is set to be played on Tuesday at the Barsapara Cricket Stadium in Guwahati.
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