India’s new ODI captain Rohit Sharma on Saturday stated that Ishan Kishan will open alongside him within the first ODI in opposition to the West Indies for the reason that teen is the one obtainable possibility for the staff, with late entrant Mayank Agarwal serving obligatory quarantine interval.
Kishan was drafted into the ODI squad after Shikhar Dhawan and Ruturaj Gaikwad examined constructive for COVID-19 and at the moment are in isolation.
“Ishan Kishan is the only option we have and he will open with me,” Rohit stated on the eve of the series-opener.
“Mayank was added within the squad and he’s nonetheless in isolation. He got here (joined) late and we have now some guidelines in place. If somebody is touring, we have now to place them in (obligatory 3-day) quarantine. He has nonetheless not completed his quarantine, so Ishan will open the innings.
“Unless there’s an injury as we have a training today and there is nothing of that sort,” he added.
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With inputs from TheIndianEXPRESS
