As India prepares for the World Test Championship (WTC) final against Australia, Ishan Kishan was spotted hitting the nets on Thursday.
Team India is currently preparing for the World Test Championship (WTC) final against Australia at the Oval on June 7. Wicketkeeper-batsman Ishan Kishan was recently spotted enjoying a hit at the nets on Thursday. The World T20 final between Australia and India is scheduled for June 7-11, with June 12 as a rain date. On Thursday, the ICC posted a video to their Twitter showing India’s batsman Ishan Kishan getting ready for the upcoming showdown with Australia. The hitter was clearly in fine form, as he struck the ball cleanly in front of the wicket and square off the stumps.
Ishan Kishan “turns the nets into a fortress” (#Cricket #CricketReels #WTC23), according to the ICC’s description of the clip.
Initially, Ishan was not included in India’s WTC final team. However, he was brought into the team after KL Rahul was injured during IPL 2023 and was unable to play in the crucial match.
Ricky Ponting, an Australian cricketing legend, included Ishan Kishan in his World Test Championship final XI earlier.
Ponting has urged India to give a keeper-batter a chance to bat with the red ball in the final of the ICC World Test Championship, despite the fact that the India XI will be loaded with stars.
Ishan Kishan has been a standout for India in 41 one-day internationals since 2021, whether hitting at the top of the order or fielding.
In an ODI against Bangladesh last December, the 24-year-old opened for India and smashed 210 runs from 131 balls, including 10 sixes and 24 boundaries.
Ishan Kishan is the one for me. To become the best in the world, you must first become the champion. Because of this, a sixth day has been added to the schedule in an effort to increase the likelihood of a positive outcome for both sides. Ishan Kishan is the team I’d pick if I were in their position. When you’re trying to pull off a victory in a close Test match, I think it provides that little bit of X-factor,” Ponting said to The ICC Review.
India squad: Rohit Sharma (c), Shubman Gill, Cheteshwar Pujara, Virat Kohli, Ajinkya Rahane, KS Bharat (wk), Ravichandran Ashwin, Ravindra Jadeja, Axar Patel, Shardul Thakur, Mohd. Shami, Mohd. Siraj, Umesh Yadav, Jaydev Unadkat, and Ishan Kishan (wk).
Yashasvi Jaiswal, Mukesh Kumar, and Suryakumar Yadav are all on standby.
