Ishan Kishan playing ahead of Srikar Bharat in the first West Indies Test? “I am a little surprised,” Aakash Chopra said.

Ishan Kishan’s selection for the first Test against the West Indies over Srikar Bharat surprised former Indian cricketer Aakash Chopra. Notably, the inaugural red-ball match at Windsor Park in Dominica on Wednesday, July 12, gave wicketkeeper-batter Ishan and Yashasvi Jaiswal their first Test caps.

Cricketer-turned-broadcaster Aakash was “slightly surprised” by Ishan’s inclusion in the setup for the first Test after noting that Srikar Bharat kept brilliantly during the recently concluded World Test Championship (WTC) final against Australia.

He did well in the WTC championship match, too. I don’t know when (Srikar) Bharat’s number would come back if you turned away from him and walked over to Ishan Kishan. The fact that Ishan is making his debut indicates that India has diverged from Bharat. Since nobody was scoring runs on those difficult wickets in India, I’m a little confused as to why it happened. He also didn’t make a lot of runs, according to Chopra’s YouTube channel.

Despite having 13 dismissals in his first five innings behind the wickets, Bharat has been unable to make an impact with the bat. Bharat has scored 129 runs in his past five Test outings, with his best total coming in the Test against Australia at Ahmedabad in March at 44 runs.

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The former cricketer added that the think tank is debating the possibility of substituting an injured Rishabh Pant with a player who is similar to him. According to Chopra, the reason they started Kishan in the first Test was because his playing style was most similar to Pant’s on the field.

“It somewhat reflects the Indian team’s attitude that they want to do this and find a man to replace Rishabh Pant who can bat similarly to him at that position. So Ishan Kishan arrives,” he continued.

Speaking of the game, Team India finished the first day with a score of 80 runs in opposition to the 150 runs scored by the West Indies in their first inning.