No Ishan Kishan, SKY's not blue too

Indian skipper Rohit Sharma on Monday made it very clear that Ishan Kishan despite his fastest double hundred in his last ODI will have to wait for his next chance just like Suryakumar Yadav who is currently worldrsquos No1 T20 batterIndia will be playing six ODIs in the next two weeks against Sri Lanka and New Zealand respectively starting with the first game against the islanders here today Ishan stunned the cricketing world with a world record breaking 131ball210 against Bangladesh in Chittagong last month while Suryakumar has just scored his 3rd T20I hundred a couple of days back in his 43rd inningsGill Iyer to get longer ropeBut Rohit was clear that Shubman Gill named on record and Shreyas Iyer dropped broad hints will get a long run in these six games ldquoBoth openers have done really well But looking at how both openers have gone through itrsquos fair that we give Gill a chance to have a good runrdquo Rohit said ahead of the first gameIn Gillrsquos favour his superb consistencymdash687 runs in 13 innings with 57plus average and 99plus strikerate has gone in his favour ldquoGill has got a lot of runs in the last few games so has Ishan I am not going to take anything away from him Ishan Hersquos been wonderful for us got a double hundred And I know what it takes to get a double hundred it is a great achievementrdquo said Rohit who is the only batter to have three ODI double hundredsldquoBut just to be honest and fair to the guys who have done really well before we need to give those guys enough chances as well before we make that callrdquo Terming it unfortunate Rohit said Ishan would get a share of chances as they have 15 ODIs and the Asia Cup lined up before the World Cup in OctoberNovember ldquoItrsquos unfortunate that we wonrsquot be able to play Ishan But looking at how things have panned out for us in the last eightnine months and how the ODIs have gone through for us itrsquos fair to give Gill that run and hersquos done extremely well in that positionrdquoDifferent formatRohit made it clear that form is important but so is the format and hence without naming anone he indicated that Shreyas Iyer will make the playing XI ldquoThe guys who have performed will get a run It is as simple as that Sometimes itrsquos hard when we compare guys performing in different formats I do understand the form Form is important and so is the formatrdquo Rohit added In the seriesdeciding T20I at Rajkot Suryakumar smashed a 51ball 112 not out to singlehandedly steer India to a 91run win and seal the series 21Also Read Form fitness not age should be criteria for selection VengsarkarI have not given up on T20 format will see after IPL Rohit SharmaIndiarsquos Test and ODI captain Rohit Sharma on Monday said he has no plans to ldquogive up on T20 Internationalsrdquo amid strong indications that the transition has already started under Hardik Pandya According to sources the BCCI wants a young team to be built under Hardikrsquos leadership for the T20 World Cup in the West Indies and USA in 2024 Rohit along with another former skipper Virat Kohli and recently sacked vicecaptain KL Rahul are currently not a part of the shortest format We will see what happens after the IPL I have not decided to give up the formatrdquo Rohit told mediapersonsThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever