Former India player lambasts at Team management for resting Ishan Kishan against Australia

Former India cricketer Ajay Jadeja has lashed out at the team management for resting Ishan Kishan for the last two T20Is against Australia. The latter played only two games during the ODI World Cup 2023 and the first three matches of the T20I series. In the bilateral series, the left-hander hit two back-to-back fifties. After the first three games, Kishan was rested for the rest of the series.

He has been named in the Test and T20I team for India’s tour of South Africa. In the series, the teams will play three T20Is, as many ODIs and two Tests later this month. Meanwhile, Jadeja has lashed out at the team management for not playing Kishan enough during the ODI World Cup 2023 and the T20I series against Australia.

“There was a series right after the World Cup. Ishan Kishan played three matches and went home. Was he really that tired after three matches that he needed rest? He didn’t even play a lot of games at the World Cup. He deserved his spot in the playing XI for the first few World Cup matches. How many Indian players have scored a double century on a good day? He can change the game on his day. When will he get ready? Will you keep him in on trial all the time? In the last two years, how many games has he played? This problem of Indian cricket is not of today, it is very old that we don’t select (players) but reject them,” Jadeja told Sports Tak.

If Ishan Kishan continues not to play regularly, how will he be ready: Ajy Jadeja

The right-hander, Jadeja added that if Kishan doesn’t play regularly, how will the team determine whether he is ready or not.

“Ishan Kishan didn’t even play the entire five-match T20I series against Australia. He was sent home after three matches to rest. So, if this is going to continue, how will you ensure that he is fully ready?,” Jadeja added.