Asia Cup 2023: Sunil Gavaskar said this player will give place to KL Rahul
Ishan Kishan, who scored 82 runs with his explosive batting performance, supported the team against arch-rivals Pakistan at the Pallekele International Cricket Ground in Sri Lanka.
Sunil Gavaskar has suggested that Shreyas Iyer, who has recovered from a fitness issue and failed to show an effective batting performance in the match against arch-rivals Pakistan in the Asia Cup 2023 tournament, will have to give place to KL Rahul in the next matches. He also said that need to give place for young wicketkeeper and batsman Ishan Kishan.
On Saturday (September 2), Ishan Kishan, who scored 82 runs with his explosive batting performance, supported the team against arch-rivals Pakistan at the Pallekele International Cricket Ground in Sri Lanka. Team India scored 266 runs with a useful partnership of 138 runs for the 5th wicket with all-rounder Hardik Pandya helped to earn the challenging score.
Ishan Kishan broke the record held by cricket legend Mahendra Singh Dhoni. In the Asia Cup tournament, he has created the record of being the wicket-keeper who has scored the most runs for the Indian team, and the batsman who has scored 4 consecutive fifties.
But the young batsman Shreyas Iyer, who returned to the team after 4 months due to fitness problem, has disappointed by scoring only 14 runs. It is to be seen first how the Mumbai players will perform in the match against Nepal, if they stumble again to score runs, he should give place to KL Rahul.
It is doubtful that Shreyas will get to bat against Nepal. The former opener said not to leave Ishan Kishan out of the playing XI, who grabbed attention with his 82 in the Asia Cup match against Pakistan. Waiting to see how Shreyas Iyer will bat in the match against Nepal. He will not be able to score runs against Nepal as he is doubtful to get a chance to bat. If the Indian team plays their full 50 overs against Nepal, there is a possibility that the top 3 batsmen will bat up to 40 overs,” analyzed the cricket analyst.
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“If Shreyas Iyer gets a chance to play in the match then he should score runs, otherwise KL Rahul and Ishan Kishan should be allowed to bat at number 4 and 5 in the next matches. Leaving Ishan Kishan out of the playing XI, who has shown his batting prowess with 82 runs, is not the right move. Also, he can bring left-handed combinations in the top order of the team,” said the World Cup winner.
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