Team India’s skipper Rohit Sharma has confirmed that Shubman Gill will be his opening partner in the three-match ODI series against Sri Lanka and has ended the Shubman Gill vs Ishan Kishan debate.
Ishan Kishan scored a scintillating double hundred in the third ODI against Bangladesh which led to the speculation that the young batter will now get priority over other batters.
Shubman Gill set to open the innings along with Rohit Sharma
Shubman Gill has been one of the most consistent batters for the Men in Blue and will get preferred over young Ishan Kishan. In the press conference ahead of the first ODI against Sri Lanka, Team India’s skipper Rohit Sharma revealed the reason behind benching 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 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,” Rohit said in the press conference ahead of the first ODI.
“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 everyone in the mix and see how things pan out for us as we play a lot of games ahead,” the Indian skipper further added.
Team India is now facing a problem of plenty for the opening position as both Ishan and Shubman have impressed in the limited opportunities they have got. It’ll be a tough decision for the team management to select one of them as their preferred opener for the ODI World Cup.