Former Indian wicket-keeper batter Deep Dasgupta reckons Ishan Kishan’s prolific form will make the team management ponder to fit him in the playing XI in the high-octane clash against Pakistan. Kishan scored a blistering knock of 84 runs off just 32 balls in the last league stage match of Mumbai Indians against Sunrisers Hyderabad in IPL 2021.
The left-hander continued his sublime form as he scored 70 runs off just 46 balls in the warm-up match against England on Monday. The southpaw scored seven fours and three sixes and scored his runs at a strike rate of 152.17.
Kishan has the skills to hit the ground running and he is currently high on confidence after playing two whirlwind knocks. In fact, Kishan was struggling to find his touch in the recently concluded IPL 2021.
Deep Dasgupta said while talking to ESPN Cricinfo, “The same question arises in my mind also (how will India get Kishan to fit into the side). It wasn’t only 70 runs. It was, how he made them. He’s looking in tremendous flow. Virat has said he’ll bat at 3, and KL has also been exceptional. But the kind of form Ishan Kishan is in will make the team management ponder that how to make him fit into the starting XI.”
Kishan had opened the innings in the warm-up match against England but it is unlikely he will get a chance to open the innings as Rohit Sharma and KL Rahul are expected to begin the proceedings for India. However, the former stumper from West Bengal reckons Kishan could be pushed down the order.
“Look there are certain ways to get him into the side. You can try to push him down the order. But I don’t think that he’ll get an opportunity to open and his last three innings where he has done exceptionally well, came while opening the batting.”
India won their first warm-up match against England by seven wickets and they will face Australia on Wednesday. The Men in Blue will begin their T20 World Cup campaign against Pakistan on October 24.
