Sanjay Manjrekar On Ishan Kishan vs KL Rahul: The Indian team will start its World Cup campaign with a match against Australia. The match between India and Australia will be played on 8 October. Both the teams will face each other on the ground of Chennai. But what will be the playing eleven of Team India for the World Cup? Especially, which player among Ishan Kishan and KL Rahul will be included in the playing eleven as a wicketkeeper? This remains a big question. However, now former Indian cricketer Sanjay Manjrekar has answered the question.
‘Ishan Kishan is sure to get preference over KL Rahul’
Sanjay Manjrekar said that in the World Cup, the Indian team management will give preference to Ishan Kishan over KL Rahul. He said that Ishan Kishan will play in the match against Australia. Especially, after the kind of innings Ishan Kishan played in difficult conditions against Pakistan, it will not be easy to keep this player out of the playing eleven. According to Sanjay Manjrekar, the difficult conditions in which Ishan Kishan batted against Pakistan were probably the most challenging conditions of this player’s ODI career. For this reason, it will be very difficult to drop Ishan Kishan from the World Cup team.
‘Ishan Kishan grabbed the opportunity with both hands’
Sanjay Manjrekar said that Ishan Kishan grabbed the opportunity with both hands. At the same time, KL Rahul is returning after injury. It is not going to be easy to return after injury. He also said that Ishan Kishan is in form, he is scoring runs continuously. You will not be able to ignore such a player… According to Sanjay Manjrekar, it does not matter who is the better batsman. The one who is batting well at the moment will get attention. The former Indian player believes that the Indian team management would prefer to include Ishan Kishan in the team instead of KL Rahul.
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