It has been a good day for two Indian youngsters Yashasvi Jaiswal and Ishan Kishan who are making their debut for the India Team for the first Test match against West Indies. The duo will be keen to perform well and fix their spot in the playing XI. While Jaiswal will open the innings for India, Kishan will don the role behind the stumps.
Jaiswal and Kishan has been presented with cap numbers 306 and 307 respectively. It was pretty expected that both Jaiswal and Kishan would be handed their Test debuts after skipper Rohit Sharma confirmed the day before.
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Yashasvi Jaiswal’s Test debut was a no-brainer. The 21-year-old batter impressed everyone with stupendous performances in IPL 2023. Owing to his brilliant form, he went on to join the Indian camp for the World Test Championship Finals where he donned the role of a reserve player.
“We have been desperate for a left-hander opener. Let’s hope, Yashasvi performs well for the team and makes that spot his own,” skipper Rohit Sharma said.
“Gill himself wants to play at No 3. He spoke to Rahul bhai about it as he has done well at No 3 & 4 in the last in domestic cricket. It also helps as we will get left-right opening combination,” Rohit added.
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Ishan Kishan was the other batter to get his Test cap. The destructive batter and wicketkeeper got his cap from Virat Kohli. Ishan went on to replace KS Bharat who played in the home series and then in the WTC Finals. But now, Dravid and Co are set to find out Kishan’s capabilities if should he be the ideal replacement for the injured Rishabh Pant.
1st TEST. India XI: R Sharma (c), Yashasvi Jaiswal, S Gill, V Kohli, A Rahane, R Jadeja, I Kishan (wk), R Ashwin, S Thakur, Jaydev Unadkat, M Siraj
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