NEW DELHI: Since leaving the tour of South Africa midway last year, wicketkeeper-batter Ishan Kishan hasn’t been able to make his way back in the Indian set-up across formats.
The 26-year-old earlier this year was ignored from the BCCI central contract list and with the likes of Rishabh Pant, Sanju Samson and other emerging keeper-batters, Ishan’s chances of making it back to the Indian team seem to be narrowing with each passing series.
Former Pakistan cricketer Basit Ali recently blamed Ishan for his own downfall, pointing out that he lost his focus.
Responding to a fan’s query on his YouTube channel, Basit said that chances of Ishan making his way back into the team look slim.
“Ishan Kishan to boht piche chala gaya. (Ishan has fallen way down the pecking order). Wo thoda fashion me lag gaya tha (He got into fashion a bit). Sanju Samson has to perform and so does Rishanh Pant. Gautam is seeing Pant in T20Is. We will have to see in ODIs when Rohit comes,” Basit said.
Ishan was part of the ODI World Cup team last year that took place in India, but didn’t feature in any of the matches.
Following that he abruptly left the Indian Test team in South Africa, citing fatigue. He then missed India domestic cricket going against Indian cricket board’s order.
Ishan also had a poor IPL 2024 where he managed only 324 runs in 14 games and was then ignored for the T20 World Cup in the Americas which India won.
In July, Ishan gave an explanation for leaving the South Africa series midway.
“I was scoring runs and then I found myself on the bench. These things do happen in a team sport. But I experienced travel fatigue. It meant there was something wrong, I was not feeling well or right and so I decided to take a break. However, sadly, barring my family and few close people no one understood that,” Ishan told Indian Express.
The 26-year-old earlier this year was ignored from the BCCI central contract list and with the likes of Rishabh Pant, Sanju Samson and other emerging keeper-batters, Ishan’s chances of making it back to the Indian team seem to be narrowing with each passing series.
Former Pakistan cricketer Basit Ali recently blamed Ishan for his own downfall, pointing out that he lost his focus.
Responding to a fan’s query on his YouTube channel, Basit said that chances of Ishan making his way back into the team look slim.
“Ishan Kishan to boht piche chala gaya. (Ishan has fallen way down the pecking order). Wo thoda fashion me lag gaya tha (He got into fashion a bit). Sanju Samson has to perform and so does Rishanh Pant. Gautam is seeing Pant in T20Is. We will have to see in ODIs when Rohit comes,” Basit said.
Ishan was part of the ODI World Cup team last year that took place in India, but didn’t feature in any of the matches.
Following that he abruptly left the Indian Test team in South Africa, citing fatigue. He then missed India domestic cricket going against Indian cricket board’s order.
Ishan also had a poor IPL 2024 where he managed only 324 runs in 14 games and was then ignored for the T20 World Cup in the Americas which India won.
In July, Ishan gave an explanation for leaving the South Africa series midway.
“I was scoring runs and then I found myself on the bench. These things do happen in a team sport. But I experienced travel fatigue. It meant there was something wrong, I was not feeling well or right and so I decided to take a break. However, sadly, barring my family and few close people no one understood that,” Ishan told Indian Express.
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