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KL Rahul and Ishan Kishan (Source: Twitter)
The debate of picking one between Ishan Kishan and KL Rahul has found new voices, especially after the match between India and Sari Lanka in the Super 4 stage of the 2023 Asia Cup. Kishan scored 82 against Pakistan in the group-stage match. Rahul made a comeback to the Indian side and scored a hundred against Pakistan in the Super 4 stage on his return.
In the match against Sri Lanka, the two batters batted at 4 and 5 respectively. In the match, Kishan looked poor against spin, while Rahul rotated the strike and got odd boundaries. It looked effortless from the right-handed batter when he was in the middle. On the other hand, Kishan put pressure on his partner by playing a lot of dot balls. Ex-India played Aakash Chopra spoke about the same on his YouTube channel.
He was playing too many dot balls: Aakash Chopra
“Ishan Kishan did not get out to Dunith Wellalage. He was batting alright, although one thing is going to go against Ishan Kishan. He was sent at No. 4, made to bat slightly up the order, as the left-arm spinner was bowling well, which makes a lot of sense. Irfan Pathan was also talking about it on commentary that he is unable to take that many singles,” felt Chopra.
“He was playing too many dot balls, and this was when you got to bat in the first 20 overs, although the pitch was slightly slow. The pitch was slow because the square is the same even though the pitch might be new. You couldn't roll the pitch after watering it. So, it becomes a spinner's paradise and we saw that, but Ishan Kishan's ability to rotate strike was a question and it will remain a question mark," added the former Indian cricketer.
“KL Rahul looked the most comfortable till the time he was batting. He uses his feet against the spinners and plays the sweep as well. I mean he has got that kind of ability and because of that he validated once again why you want him to be a part of the team in the middle order," concluded Chopra.