IND vs WI: 'Ishan Kishan Was Always Eager..'- Rohit Sharma's Startling Revelation On Indian Wicketkeeper

India defeated West Indies by an innings and 141 runs in the 1st Test. After the victory, Indian skipper Rohit Sharma revealed the reason behind his annoyed gestures to Ishan Kishan from the dressing room during India’s batting in 1st innings.

Indian skipper Rohit Sharma got a little annoyed with Ishan Kishan during the match. The Indian wicketkeeper took 20 balls to score his first run during his batting. Sharma wanted to declare the innings as India had already crossed 400 runs on the board.

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Since Ishan Kishan had already played 19 balls without scoring a run, Sharma expressed angry gestures to the Indian wicketkeeper. Just after the event, Kishan scored his first run on the next delivery and India declared the innings at 421-5.

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I Wanted Ishan Kishan To Get His Personal Mark Before Declaring: Rohit Sharma

During the post-match press conference, Rohit Sharma revealed the reasons behind his annoying gestures from the dressing room for Ishan Kishan. The Indian opener said that he wanted Ishan Kishan to get his personal mark so that team can declare the innings.

“I was just letting them know we have an over or so before declaring. I wanted Ishan to get off the mark, wanted to tell him to get his personal mark and then we had to declare. I could see that he was always eager to bat, it could be frustrating for them,” said the right-handed batter.

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Rohit Sharma also lauded spinner Ravichandran Ashwin and Ravindra Jadeja for their superb bowling efforts in the 2nd innings. Ashwin and Jadeja shared 9 wickets between them in the 2nd innings.

“The results speak for themselves, they have been doing it for a while. There isn’t much to tell them, it is about giving them the freedom to express. The experience these guys have on pitches like this is always a luxury. Both Ash [Ravichandran Ashwin] and [Ravindra] Jadeja were superb, specially Ashwin for coming out and bowling this way was class,” the 36-year-old further said.

Meanwhile, India crushed West Indies by an innings and 141 runs in the 1st Test. India piled up 405-5 (d) in the 1st innings after bowling out the visitors for 150-10. In the 2nd innings, India crushed West Indies for 130 all-out to win by a huge margin.

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Debutant Yashasvi Jaiswal won the Player of the Match award for smacking 171 runs in the match. Ravichandran Ashwin was also a stand-out performer, getting a total of 12 wickets in the match. The off-spinner bagged a 5-wicket haul in 1st innings and a 7-wicket haul in the 2nd innings.

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