Ex-India Wicketkeeper Projects Yashasvi Jaiswal and Shubman Gill As Potential Replacements For Rohit & Virat

Former Indian wicketkeeper Saba Karim believes both Shubman and Yashasvi are ready to fill in the shows of these two stalwarts.

In an interaction with Sony Sports, he said, “This young team carried forward the brand of cricket India are playing in T20Is these days and that is why this is great news for the Indian team and the selectors. The performance has been as per the thinking this young team was sent to Zimbabwe. Although India lost the first match, they have staged a comeback after that.

“Yashasvi Jaiswal and Shubman Gill’s unbroken match-winning partnership, right and left-handed combination, which we have been repeatedly talking about. Two slots are vacant in front of you. Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli won’t be seen in T20Is now. For that, I feel these two players are ready.”

A host of youngsters were given a chance to prove their credentials in the Zimbabwe tour but Saba Karim insisted both Gill and Yashasvi did their best. “There are many other contenders as well. The selectors have to do that job but these players have done what was in their control. They had to win the match and the series and dominate like this in batting, which the Indian team did.”