5 Explosive batsmen who can be back-up options for T20 World Cup 2021

Explosive batsmen that can get into the playing XI of India in T20 World Cup 2021.

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2. Ishan Kishan

Ishan Kishan
Ishan Kishan. (Photo Source: BCCI)

By already cementing his mark on debut with a scorching innings of 32-ball 56, Ishan Kishan in an actual sense did galvanize the way the Indian team should approach its T20 cricket. Just like his MI peer SKY, Ishan Kishan had a breakthrough IPL year with the franchise where he scored a total of 516 runs from his 14 games at an average of 57.33. The left-hander whose very well regarded for his explosive batting had powered a total of 30 sixes at a strike rate of over 145. In addition to that, he is another exponent who can very well harbour himself in the top five.

With his presence now into the Indian playing XI, the Jharkhand batsman is now in the chatter for potentially replacing Shikhar Dhawan as India’s third opener in the T20 World Cup side. Apart from being a third opener, he can also be seen as someone batting at no.4. In the SMAT matches, while captaining Jharkhand, Ishan in his five games maintained a reasonable average of 29 while opening the batting. Overall, he can be summed up as a kind of a player who can become an x-factor in this Indian team.

When it comes to his fire powering the ball, then as skipper Kohli mentioned, his attacking game is more calculative than being reckless. This sort of improvement in his batting can mainly be accredited to the MI support staff which has vigorously worked to bring refinement in his faulty shot selection. All in all, with the nearing ICC event, this stalwart is highly anticipated to join the Indian team as a reserved second opener who could flexibly also accommodate himself if there’s an opening in the middle-order batting.

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