India's ODI dilemma: Tough call between KL Rahul and Ishan Kishan

Updated On: 07 September, 2023 07:59 AM IST | Colombo | Santosh Suri

A player who has just recovered from an injury is included in the team straightaway without having played a competitive match for over four months, while a player who has been doing well is given the cold shoulder.

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Ishan Kishan celebrates his 50 against Pakistan at Pallekele on Saturday. Pic/AP; PTI

To fathom the choices of the Indian cricket selectors and game plan of the team management is more complex than solving a world map puzzle for a 10-year-old. You need 10 good reasons to include a player in the team while one bad one is enough to keep another out. The squad has three left-arm spinners, but no left-arm pacer, and it there arises a need for an off-spinner, a left-arm unorthodox bowler is touted as a good enough replacement. A player who has just recovered from an injury is included in the team straightaway without having played a competitive match for over four months, while a player who has been doing well is given the cold shoulder.

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