'He will have to...,' BCCI secretary Jay Shah on Ishan Kishan's chances to make comeback for India
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The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) secretary Jay Shah has sent a blunt message to wicketkeeper-batter Ishan Kishan on his chances of a potential comeback in the Indian cricket team.
Kishan has been out of favour ever since he took a break from the South Africa Test series in December 2023, citing mental health reasons.
He is currently playing in thedomestic red-ball tournament (Buchi Babu invitational) to get selectors' attention but Shah was very clear about his message.
“He will have to follow the rules. He will have to play domestic cricket,” Shah said while speaking to news outlet Times of India.
Ishan turned up for Jharkhand in the tournament and scored an 86-ball 114 to help his team surpass opposition Madhya Pradesh's first innings total of 225.
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Kishan, who made his Test debut for India in July 2023 against West Indies, hit two consecutive sixes to reach his hundred on return to red-ball cricket.
He'll next play in Duleep Trophy for Team D with some other big names including Rishabh Pant, Shubman Gill, Axar Patel and Shreyas Iyer.
It is to be noted that Srikar Bharat is also in the Team D squad along with Kishan as another wicketkeeper-batter.
Bumrah names favourite captain
Having debuted under MS Dhoni in 2016, Bumrah has played under a few captains, including batting stalwarts Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma. Bumrah rose to the limelight under Dhoni’s captaincy, became a force to reckon with under Kohli, and now playing under Rohit, he is the best in the world.
Speaking at the Express Adda in Ahmedabad, Bumrah revealed his favourite captain of the three, “There are great captains, but I’ll take my name — I am my favourite captain.”
Meanwhile, Bumrah led India in just one Test (against England at the Oval in 2022), which they lost, and against Ireland in the three-match T20Is last year, winning 2-0.