Can Ishan Kishan become a big threat to Rishabh Pant by performing consistently well in domestic cricket?
The Indian cricket team is to play a 2-match Test series against Bangladesh from 19 September, in which the team for the first Test match of this series has been announced by the BCCI. Wicketkeeper batsman Rishabh Pant has returned to the Test team after a long time, whose arrival will also strengthen the batting lineup. At the same time, one player who has been discussed the most this year is Ishan Kishan, who is seen working hard continuously for his comeback in Team India. Ishan has definitely strengthened his hopes of comeback by scoring a century while playing for India C team in the Duleep Trophy. At the same time, when Rishabh Pant was away from cricket for a long time due to being badly injured in a car accident, at that time Ishan Kishan was the main wicketkeeper for the Indian team in all three formats, but this year he lost his place in all three formats.
Ishan Kishan had to pay a heavy price for returning from South Africa tour
Ishan Kishan made his debut in Test cricket last year during the Indian team’s tour of West Indies. After this, Ishan was also a part of Team India’s squad in the ODI World Cup 2023. Till here everything was fine but when Team India went on a tour of South Africa, Ishan returned to the country in the middle of the series due to personal reasons. From here, an atmosphere of tension was seen between him and the selectors in which Ishan did not participate in domestic cricket and was seen playing directly in IPL 2024, which was not liked by many people including the selectors.
See here the performance of Ishan Kishan in international cricket so far
| Format | Match | Shifts | Run | average | Half-centuries/centuries |
| Test | 2 | 3 | 78 | 78 | 1/0 |
| ODIs | 27 | 24 | 933 | 42.4 | 7/1 |
| T20 | 32 | 32 | 796 | 25.67 | 6/0 |
KS Bharat replaced Ishan Kishan
After this, Ishan Kishan lost his place from the Test team, in which KS Bharat got a chance to play in South Africa tour in his place. At the same time, Ishan was also dropped by BCCI from its central contract players list, which was also a big setback for him. So far in the year 2024, Ishan Kishan has not got a chance to play a single match in international cricket. To return to the team, Ishan will now have to perform consistently better in domestic cricket, in which after the Buchi Babu tournament, now the magic of his bat has been seen in the Duleep Trophy as well. Ishan lost his place in Team India due to things that happened off the field. At the same time, since Pant has returned after becoming fully fit, he first played T20 and then ODI matches, while now he is going to return to Test cricket.
Rishabh Pant’s performance in international cricket has been like this so far
| Format | Match | Shifts | Run | average | Half-centuries/centuries |
| Test | 33 | 56 | 2271 | 43.67 | 11/5 |
| ODIs | 31 | 27 | 871 | 33.5 | 5/1 |
| T20 | 76 | 66 | 1209 | 23.25 | 3/0 |
Ishan Kishan can put pressure on Pant with his performance
To make a comeback in Team India, Ishan Kishan will have to try to continue his excellent form in the upcoming matches of the upcoming domestic season, because on the basis of this he can also put pressure on Rishabh Pant to perform better. Although Ishan has started it with the Duleep Trophy, but he will have a good chance in the Ranji season starting after this because the Indian team has to play continuously in the next few months and in such a situation Ishan has a better chance to make a comeback.
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