Pant vs Kishan: Has Ishan become the first choice of BCCI, will this decision of the board put an end to Rishabh’s career?

Comparison of Ishan Kishan and Rishabh Pant: The Indian team has been announced for the ICC T20 World Cup and New Zealand T20 series. Ishan Kishan has been included in this team. Ishaan was placed ahead of Jitesh Sharma and Rishabh Pant in the World Cup squad and was included in the team. However, the team for the ODI series against New Zealand has not been announced yet.

If reports are to be believed, Ishan Kishan can be included in place of Rishabh Pant for the ODI series. Rishabh Pant was included in the team during the ODI series against South Africa. But did not get a chance to play in even a single match. Rishabh Pant has already been dropped from the Indian T20 team. Now the danger of being out of the ODI team is looming.

Will Rishabh Pant remain a format player?

Rishabh Pant has performed brilliantly in all three formats but his performance in Test cricket has been remarkable. In Tests, he changed the game with his batting on many occasions. However, the fame that Pant got in Test, he could not get in ODI and T20. Rishabh Pant scored 3476 runs in 49 matches for India in Tests. In ODI, he scored 871 runs in 27 innings of 31 matches and in T20I, he scored 1209 runs in 66 innings of 76 matches. Pant has played more than 150 matches for India so far.

Pant last played ODI and T20I match in 2024

Rishabh Pant played his last match in T20I on 28 July 2024 against Sri Lanka. Since then he was dropped from the T20 team. If we talk about ODI cricket, Pant played his last ODI match on 7 August 2024. However, after that he remained a part of the ODI team but was not included in the playing. Now there has been an indication that he will be dropped from the New Zealand ODI series also. In such a situation, it seems that Pant will now remain a player of only one format.

Ishan Kishan returns to the team after 2 years

This time Ishan Kishan has hit a four on the spot. Ishan Kishan performed brilliantly in domestic cricket. Whose reward he got in the form of return. In place of Rishabh Pant, wicketkeeper-batsman Ishan Kishan may get a chance in the ODI team after more than two years. Ishan played his last ODI for India on 11 October 2023 against Afghanistan during the 2023 ODI World Cup at the Arun Jaitley Stadium in Delhi. Ishan Kishan has been included in the team for the T20 World Cup. Before the World Cup, BCCI wants to give adequate opportunities to Ishan Kishan.

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Ishan Kishan is in great form at the moment. He led Jharkhand to the title for the first time by scoring the most runs in the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy 2025. In the final match, he scored a century against Haryana in Pune. Apart from this, Ishaan’s bat also performed well in the Vijay Hazare Trophy. He scored a century in just 33 balls against Karnataka on 24 December, which is the second fastest century by any Indian batsman in List-A cricket.