IND vs NZ: Ishan Kishan’s form is a huge cause of concern not only for the Indian team but for the player himself. Following the double century against Bangladesh last year, the left hander has had a mediocre run with the bat. In the ongoing IND vs NZ T20I series, Ishan failed to contribute with the bat. Following his poor show Gautam Gambhir came down hard at Ishan Kishan for his poor show with the bat. Follow IND vs NZ LIVE Updates on InsideSport.IN.
Kishan could only manage 4 and 19 runs respectively in the first two matches of the series. Reflecting on Kishan’s recent performances against New Zealand Gambhir said that the youngster should focus on rotating strikes on a regular basis.
IND vs NZ: Gautam Gambhir comes hard down at Ishan Kishan after twin failures against New Zealand says “He needs to learn to rotate the strike and not always look to hit sixes
Speaking on Star Sports Gambhir alo spoke about Team India players struggle against the spin. He said, “He still has to work a lot against playing spin because people will use a lot of spin against him in the first 6 overs”.
“Because he still manages to play fast bowling very well. The sooner he improves against spin, the better it’s gonna be for him, especially in the T20 format,”.
“It’s not only one chink in his armour. Indian unit as a batting unit has struggled against spin. Just the ability to not be able to maneuver. it’s easy to hit those big sixes but the ability to rotate strikes consistently. And there was enough purchase for spinners as well. It was pretty much evident when you got Michael Bracewell against Ishan Kishan,”
“I think these young players need to learn quickly how to rotate strike because, on a wicket like this, it’s not gonna be easy to go down the ground and hit those big sixes. It’s a surprise because of the way he batted in Bangladesh after scoring that double-hundred”.
“He has struggled after that, everyone thought his graph will start growing up with the kind of innings he has played,”.
IND vs NZ: Gautam Gambhir comes hard down at Ishan Kishan after twin failures against New Zealand says “He needs to learn to rotate the strike and not always look to hit sixes
IND vs NZ 3rd T20I: Team India’s likely combination for the decider
With the T20I series tied at 1-1, India and New Zealand now shift their focus towards the final match in Ahmedabad. The first two matches were dominated by the bowlers. In fact the 2nd T20I on Sunday was a low scoring thriller with both teams making a total of just 200 runs in 40 overs. Once again the focus will be on the 22-yard strip and how will it behave during the IND vs NZ 3rs T20I
Speaking of Team India’s combination Prithvi Shaw is likely to make his comeback into the playing XI with either Shubman Gill or Ishan Kishan likely to face the axe. If the surface turns out to be good for batting then India could bring in an additional batter for a spinner. If the pitch is two-paced again, then Yuzvendra Chahal is likely to retain his place. However if the pacers have something for pacers then Umran Malik is likely to come in.
Predicted India Playing XI:
- Shubman Gill/ Prithvi Shaw
- Ishan Kishan (WK)/ Jitesh Sharma
- Rahul Tripathi
- Suryakumar Yadav
- Hardik Pandya (C)
- Deepak Hooda
- Washington Sundar
- Shivam Mavi
- Kuldeep Yadav
- Yuzvendra Chahal/ Umran Malik
- Arshdeep Singh
IND vs NZ: Gautam Gambhir comes hard down at Ishan Kishan after twin failures against New Zealand says “He needs to learn to rotate the strike and not always look to hit sixes
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