T20 World Cup 2021: "He is forcing team management to accommodate him in playing XI," Laxman on Kishan

Ishan Kishan played a terrific knock against England in India's first warm-up match.

By - 20 Oct, 2021

Former cricketer VVS Laxman feels Team India should make a few changes in the side and batting positions in their second T20 World Cup warm-up match against Australia.

In the first warm-up fixture, India had defeated England comfortably by 7 wickets as they chased down 189 runs with an over left. 

India had rested senior batter Rohit Sharma and all-rounder Ravindra Jadeja, along with the mystery spinner Varun Chakravarthy. Laxman expects the team to include them against Australia and also a rotation among the batters.

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"Against Australia, probably just rotate the batsman who did not get an opportunity today and given everyone game time because that is what warm-up games are all about," Laxman said on Star Sports.

"You want all the batsmen to have a good hit and probably we can see Varun Chakravarthy get a game too. We did not see him today, did not see Ravindra Jadeja either. So probably those two bowlers will get a go on the next game against Australia," he added.

Laxman was impressed with Ishan Kishan's outstanding 70* runs off 46 deliveries before he was retired out. He had opened with KL Rahul who also scored a half-century. 

"I think Rohit Sharma will get a chance and I don't know how they are going to fit in Ishan Kishan. The kind of form he is showing, he is forcing the team management to accommodate him in the Playing XI. 

"Also, I think Suryakumar Yadav coming in at No. 5 was a little surprising, because I thought Hardik Pandya could have been given a bit more time to spend in the middle," he said.

(With StarSports Inputs)

By - 20 Oct, 2021

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