Unexpected | Ishan Kishan will not open against NZ

Ishan Kishan, Image Credit : Twitter

After a successful series against a SRI-LANKA, India is now eyeing for series against New Zealand. 1st day night match would be played on 18th Jan Hyderabad. The most asked question before the match was “if Ishan Kishan is going to be the part of playing 11 or not ?“. All the rumors were settled down in a pre match conference where Indian skipper confirmed that Ishan Kishan will not open against NZ.

In the series against Sri Lanka Indian skipper categorically said that Shubhman Gill will be his partner to open the innings. Fans are now expecting to see Ishan Kishan in the series against New Zealand.

Though he was part of series against the Sri-Lanka but didn’t got the chance in playing 11. After his classic innings of 210 runs against Bangladesh his fans were expecting more such innings. But he was unlucky to get the chance against SL. As per some news sources, KL Rahul will be given rest in upcoming series as he asked for an off for his marriage and Axar Patel is also given rest to test the few more players such as Washington Sunder.

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What will be Ishan Kishan’s new batting order | Ishan Kishan will not open against NZ

Besides Washington Sundar, Shardul Thakur, Rajat Patidar, Srikar Bharat, Shahbaz Ahmed are the new additions for this series. In a pre match conference, Indian Skipper Rohit Sharma said that “Ishan Kishan will play in middle order. I’m glad he could get a run here after that fine knock in Bangladesh“. Till now Ishan Kishan has played 10 ODI and he has batted in the middle order earlier.

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Ishan Kishan ODI career | Ishan Kishan will not open against NZ

Matches : 10 | Runs: 477 | Avg: 53 | HS: 210 | SR: 97 | Fifties: 3 | Hundread: 1

Ishan Kishan IPL career | Ishan Kishan will not open against NZ

He was first bought by Gujarat Lions in 2016 but his IPL career picked from 2018 when he was acquired by Mumbai Indians. He was highest scored for MI in IPL 2020 season with 516 runs in 14 matches. He was retained by MI at the whooping price of 15.25 crores in IPL 2022 and became second most expensive player. His IPL career is,

Matches: 75 | Runs: 1870 | Avg: 29.22 | HS: 99 | SR: 132.34 | Fifties: 12 | CT: 32 | ST : 2

Indian Squad for New Zealand series

Rohit Sharma (C), Hardik Pandya (VC), Virat Kohli, Surya Kumar Yadav, Shubhman Gill, Ishan Kishan, Yuzvendra Chahal, Mohammad Siraj, Mohammad Shami, Kuldeep Yadav, Washington Sundar, Shardul Thakur, Umran Malik, Rajat Patidar, Srikar Bharat, Shahbaz Ahmed

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