Former India star fumes over unfair Ishan Kishan treatment

Team India opted to release explosive wicketkeeper-batsman Ishan Kishan from its playing XI after the third encounter of the recently-concluded five-game series against Australia. The star player also hardly featured in Team India’s World Cup campaign.

Following the development, former India cricketer Ajay Jadeja questioned the non-selection of Kishan in the T20I series.

“There was a series right after the World Cup. Ishan Kishan played three matches and went home. Was he really that tired after three matches that he needed rest? He didn’t even play a lot of games at the World Cup. He deserved his spot in the playing XI for the first few World Cup matches. How many Indian players have scored a double century on a good day? He can change the game on his day. When will he get ready?” asked Jadeja during an interview.

“Will you keep him in on trial all the time? In the last two years, how many games has he played? This problem of Indian cricket is not of today, it is very old that we don’t select players but reject them,” he added.