Former Pakistan Captain Salman Butt suggests team India play Inform batsmen Ishan Kishan in their second match of the ICC T20 World Cup against New Zealand. According to him, it will be a tactical move and keeping Ishan Kishan in the playing X1 will be giving a boost to team India’s batting.
Before Salman Butt stated Ishan Kishan should be in India’s playing X1, Indian spinner Harbhajan Singh also opined his views on the same saying Kishan should be in the playing X1 for India looking at his form.
Virat Kohli was left a bit stunned by a question in the press conference whether India should have selected Ishan Kishan instead of Rohit Sharma.
🎥 Courtesy of ICC pic.twitter.com/GKkUAIsaT9
— The Field (@thefield_in) October 24, 2021
Recently, Salman Butt on his Youtube Channel opined that: “Ishan Kishan is in great form and India should play him. Suryakumar Yadav is also a very good player, no doubt about that. However, you utilize those players who are in better form. Players who are confident give you more because they have runs under their belt. The player whose confidence level is down is not a lesser cricketer. But you select those players who are likely to be more useful in a game.”
Moving on, the Former Pakistan captain stated facts about New Zealand, saying the blackcaps do not have an off-spinner in their squad, so having a left-handed batsman in the playing X1 will also be a plus point for Team India. Also, looking at Ishan Kishan’s form he is all charged up to get a big score hopefully in the next match he plays.
“Tactically as well, Harbhajan has a point. New Zealand do not have an off-spinner. One is a left-arm spinner (Mitchell Santner) and the other is a right-arm leg-spinner (Ish Sodhi). Left-handers are more likely to dominate such kind of bowlers. Strategically, it will be the right move.”