The 24-year-old, who scored the quickest double hundred within the ODI historical past, nonetheless will likely be enjoying within the middle-order within the 3-match sequence towards the Kiwis beginning Wednesday.
With KL Rahul unavailable as a consequence of private causes and Shreyas Iyer dominated out with harm, a few slots opened up within the middle-order and the explosive left-hander will likely be filling one among them.
“Ishan Kishan will be batting in the middle order. I am glad that he is getting this run after that fine knock (double century) against Bangladesh,” mentioned Rohit in a pre-match press convention.
Rajat Patidar has additionally been included in India’s squad as the quilt for injured Shreyas.
Shubman Gill, who was rewarded for his consistency and picked forward of Kishan to open alongside skipper Rohit Sharma, made the many of the alternatives with scores of 70, 21 and 116 within the Sri Lanka sequence.
No adjustments are anticipated to the opening mixture towards the Black Caps.
Kishan has batted within the middle-order thrice within the 10 ODIs he had performed, and due to this fact, making changes shouldn’t be a difficulty.
KS Bharat, who’s the second wicketkeeper within the squad, is prone to heat the bench as he’s extra of a canopy in Rahul’s absence.
In a World Cup 12 months, each sport is critical and India would intention to construct on the positive factors from the Sri Lanka sequence though the efficiency of their opponents was underwhelming to say the least.
(With inputs from PTI)