‘We would like to have a left-hander but we know the quality of our right-handers’: Rohit Sharma on Ishan Kishan | Cricket News – Act Daily News

NEW DELHI: India captain Rohit Sharma would ideally prefer to have a left-hander within the top-order however categorically said that he does not need to tinker with the mixture of gamers only for the heck of it.
India clinched the three-match ODI collection in opposition to Sri Lanka by profitable the low-scoring second ODI by 4 wickets on the Eden Gardens in Kolkata on Thursday.
Putting an finish to the talk as as to if embrace younger wicketkeeper-batter Ishan Kishan within the taking part in XI, Rohit stated: “Ideally, we would like to have a left-hander but we know the quality of our right-handers and are quite comfortable with that at the moment.”

“In the hindsight, it will be nice to have a left-hander in the top-order but guys who are being given the chance have got a lot of runs in the last one year,” Rohit additional said.
Ishan Kishan, the quickest double centurion in ODIs has been benched because the crew administration needed to offer Shubman Gill a future for exhibiting consistency throughout the entire of 2022.
Rohit additionally praised KL Rahul, the person whose inclusion is preserving each Suryakumar Yadav and Kishan out of the XI. In a low-scoring chase, Rahul’s 64 off 103 balls turned out to be decisive and the Indian captain was happy as punch.
“It was a close game but games like these teach you a lot. KL has been batting at 5 for a long time now, it gives you that confidence when an experienced batter is batting at 5. It was a good display of batsmanship.”
Rohit did not give any data if he’s trying to change the mixture within the subsequent sport.
“We will have a look at the pitch for the third ODI, and another ODI series is coming up as well. So we will see if we need to make any changes.”
(With inputs from PTI)