Ishan Kishan returned to the national limelight with a century for India C on the first day of the Duleep Trophy second-round clash. There have been a lot of changes with him this year in the cricket arena as he was once the first-choice wicketkeeper across all formats in the absence of Rishabh Pant and lost his place across all formats within a few months.
Ishan made his Test debut last year on the tour of West Indies and was also part of India’s ODI World Cup squad. He was always an automatic selection in T20Is as well but then he returned home midway through the South Africa tour for personal reasons late last year and that was when things started going wrong for him. It is still unclear whether it was a communication issue between him and the selectors but the fact that Kishan did not play domestic cricket before the Indian Premier League (LPI) did not sit well with many.
Ishan Kishan represents India in Tests, ODIs and T20Is
| Format | Matches | Entrance | Runs | Average | 50/100 |
| Evidence | 2 | 3 | 78 | 78 | 1/0 |
| ODI | 27 | 24 | 933 | 42.4 | 1/7 |
| T20I | 32 | 32 | 796 | 25.67 | 0/6 |
This adversely affected his career as the left-handed batsman was replaced by KS Bharat on the tour of South Africa for the Tests and soon lost his central contract as well. He has not played a single match for India this year across all formats and the man will have to be consistent enough in domestic cricket to claim his place again.
Ishan lost his place in the Indian team due to off-field reasons and when Rishabh Pant was unavailable due to a serious accident. But now the latter has returned and is obviously the first-choice wicketkeeper-batsman in Tests and also not in white-ball cricket. But Pant’s returns in white-ball cricket, especially in T20Is, have not been very good so far and he is only making a comeback in Tests.
Rishabh Pant will represent India in Tests, ODIs and T20Is
| Format | Matches | Entrance | Runs | Average | 50/100 |
| Evidence | 33 | 56 | 2271 | 43.67 | 11/5 |
| ODI | 31 | 27 | 871 | 33.5 | 5/1 |
| T20I | 76 | 66 | 1209 | 23.25 | 3/0 |
Hence, if Kishan starts performing consistently, there is a chance that Pant will come under pressure for his performance and that can bring out the best in both players. That said, it might be too early to say as Ishan has only suffered one big knock and will have to be on his toes to have any chance of making a comeback in either format in the near future.
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