Srinagar: Former India World Cup winning opener Gautam Gambhir has warend Team India skipper Rohit Sharma about preferring KL Rahul over Ishaan Kishan.
There is debate over use of KL Rahul and Ishaan Kishan in the team and majority of former players have opted for youngster.
Now Gautam Gambhir has said that it will be “blunder” if Rahul is preferred over Kishan in India’s XI.
“India will make a huge blunder if they don’t play Ishan Kishan ahead of KL Rahul,” Gambhir said on Star Sports.
Another former India cricketer Aakash Chopra said Kishan always delivers under pressure.
“Ishan Kishan doesn’t get many opportunities, but when he does, there’s pressure on him. He has scored a double century, and even after that, we don’t see him getting many chances, which is a fact because he wasn’t included in the very next series after his double century. Where Ishan will bat in this team is a separate issue, dependent on various circumstances but he has understood the pulse of the ODI format,” he said on his YouTube channel.
India will face Pakistan again in their first Super 4 stage match in the Asia Cup on Sunday.