Wicketkeeper-batter Ishan Kishan was not too long ago seen having a whack on the nets on Thursday as Team India gear up for the World Test Championship (WTC) remaining in opposition to Australia on the Oval on June 7. The WTC remaining between Australia and India is about to happen between June 7 and 11, with June 12 earmarked because the reserve day. The International Cricket Council (ICC) on Thursday shared a brief clip on their social media deal with the place India batter Ishan Kishan was seen making ready for the high-profile conflict with Australia. The batter seemed in wealthy kind, hitting the ball properly each in entrance and sq. off the wicket.

“Ishan Kishan turns the nets into a fortress #Cricket #CricketReels #WTC23,” ICC captioned the video.
Ishan was initially not part of India’s WTC remaining squad. However, he was added to the squad after KL Rahul suffered an damage throughout IPL 2023, which dominated him out of the all-important conflict.

Earlier, the Australian nice Ricky Ponting decide Ishan Kishan in his XI to shake up the World Test Championship remaining.

The India XI will probably be stacked with stars once they face Australia within the ICC World Test Championship remaining however Ponting has referred to as for a keeper-batter to be handed a red-ball debut.

Ishan Kishan has impressed in 41 white-ball internationals for India since 2021 whether or not batting on the high of the order or taking the gloves however is but to play a Test.

The 24-year-old proved he can flip a recreation on its head when smashing 210 runs from 131 balls with 10 sixes and 24 boundaries whereas opening for India in an ODI in opposition to Bangladesh final December.

“I’d pick Ishan Kishan. If you want to be crowned the world champion, you have to win the game. Hence why there is a sixth day that has been added to try and give both teams the best chance of a result. I’d be going with Ishan Kishan if I was them in this game. I think it just provides that little bit of X-factor that you might need when pushing for a win in a Test match,” Ponting advised The ICC Review.

India squad: Rohit Sharma (c), Shubman Gill, Cheteshwar Pujara, Virat Kohli, Ajinkya Rahane, KS Bharat (wk), Ravichandran Ashwin, Ravindra Jadeja, Axar Patel, Shardul Thakur, Mohd. Shami, Mohd. Siraj, Umesh Yadav, Jaydev Unadkat and Ishan Kishan (wk).

Standby gamers: Yashasvi Jaiswal, Mukesh Kumar and Suryakumar Yadav.

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