Ishan Kishan: Rather than playing Duleep Trophy, Ishan Kishan has opted to train in the National Cricket Academy (NCA) instead ahead of India’s tour of West Indies. The reason for southpaw snubbing the domestic tournament is he has not got a break for the past six months. Kishan started the year by playing the Sri Lanka series and was last part of the squad for the World Test Championship (WTC) Final against Australia.
In between, the wicketkeeper batter also played an entire season of the Indian Premier League (IPL) for Mumbai Indians. After WTC, Kishan has taken only one week off and will now head to NCA in Bangalore ahead of India’s all-format series against Caribbean. Kishan is expected to be part of all three squads. The tour comprises Two Test matches, three ODIs, and five T20Is.
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Source close to Kishan claim that the wicketkeeper missing the Duleep Trophy is purely based on not getting sufficient breaks, and there is no question of not prioritizing domestic competition.
“Ishan has had a long international calendar and absolutely no breaks in between. Even the ongoing little time away from cricket is short-lived as he will be heading to NCA next week to train.
He was picked in the WTC final squad as a reserve wicketkeeper, and going by that, he is likely to retain his spot in the Test squad for West Indies series. There was no window for him to participate in the Duleep Trophy fixture and the question of ignoring or having no interest in the tournament doesn’t arise because there is no window,” says a source close to the youngster.
BCCI is expected to announce squad for the Windies tour on June 27. Some of the senior players like Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli, Mohammed Shami, and Siraj are not expected to be part of the entire duration of the tour.
