Yashasvi Jaiswal, although he has piled on runs in red-ball cricket, he is yet to get a fair crack in the white-ball format, both in the ODIs and T20Is. Although the current set of openers in the shortest format of the game, Sanju Samson and Abhishek Sharma, are doing quite well, former Indian cricketer Ashwin thinks it is time Jaiswal is given opportunities as an opener.
“There are a few talking points regarding the Asia Cup. The first question that comes to everyone’s mind is whether Shubman Gill fits into the T20 plans because in the last World Cup, Yashasvi Jaiswal was the backup opener. So Jaiswal automatically gets a kick-in. Rohit Sharma is not going to be a part of that team, so Jaiswal automatically gets a look-in,” Ashwin said on his YouTube channel.
“Now, who is going to be that other opener? Shubman Gill had an outstanding series. Can he return to the squad? Sanju Samson has had a fabulous run as a T20 opener for India. So I think it is a tricky state for the selectors. Can Shreyas Iyer make a comeback? There is a lot of decision-making that the selectors have to make. Even if there is a lot to talk about, the Indian T20I side has been a successful unit,” he added.
Jaiswal, in 67 matches, has scored 2166 runs in the IPL so far. However, The Indian Express understands that Jaiswal is not part of the T20 plans and so is the case with Rishabh Pant.
Since winning the T20 World Cup, this set of players haven’t lost a single series. Their series wins against Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, South Africa and England have all been statement making ones, the sort of one that has already made fans sit on the edge of their seats. In 15 matches, they have won a staggering 13 across different conditions, challenging themselves to raise the bar.
