Ishan Kishan makes a massive revelation ahead of the ICC T20 World Cup 2026, saying he always wished to open for India. The left-handed explosive batter was asked to open the innings alongside Abhishek Sharma in the warm-up match against South Africa, where he played a blistering innings of 53 runs off just 20 balls.
India played their only warm-up game ahead of the ICC T20 World Cup against South Africa. The match followed an intense 5-match series against New Zealand, which marked the return of opener Ishan Kishan to the Indian team. However, initially, he was not handed an opening role to give Sanju Samson enough chances throughout the series.
However, playing all 5 games, Samson failed in all games and could amass just 52 runs at an average of 10.40. As the batter missed out on runs, Ishan Kishan was the most likely contender to replace him. Kishan, on his comeback series, had batted stunningly and was the second-highest scorer in the series, having scored a fifty and a hundred.
