India’s 15-member squad for the 2023 World Cup was announced on Tuesday (September 5). Ishan Kishan was included in the team as a reserve wicketkeeper, after which debate intensified over whether Sanju could also be included in the squad. But now the team’s star spinner R Ashwin told why Ishan Kishan is better than Sanju Samson.
Ashwin said that Ishaan fits into many roles. The weirdo talked about this on his YouTube channel. Ishaan reached fifth place in the Asia Cup group stage against Pakistan and impressed everyone with his innings of 82 runs. Ashwin said, “It’s not a competition between Ishaan and Sanju because Ishaan Kishan fulfills many roles. “When you pick a 15-man squad, you pick two wicketkeepers.”
Ashwin further said that Ishan Kishan is a player who can play not just one but two roles. He said, “Ishaan is both a stand-in wicketkeeper and a stand-in opener, he is a two-in-one player.” Now Ishan Kishan is thriving at number five, so India have two left-handed batsmen in the middle order . Everyone said Ishaan couldn’t bat at number five but he did it.”
In the Asia Cup, the Indian team played its first match against Pakistan in which Ishan Kishan played in the absence of wicketkeeper-batsman KL Rahul. Batting at number five, Ishaan played an innings of 82 runs off 81 balls. His innings included 9 fours and 2 sixes.
Shubman Gill, Rohit Sharma (captain), Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer, KL Rahul (wicketkeeper), Ishan Kishan (wicketkeeper), Hardik Pandya (vice-captain), Ravindra Jadeja, Kuldeep Yadav, Axar Patel, Mohammed Siraj, Mohammed Shami, Jasprit Bumrah . , Shardul Thakur.