IND vs SA: "My Advice To Ishan Kishan - If You Can Score Quicker In First 20 Balls, Go For It" - Sanjay Manjrekar

Former Indian cricketer Sanjay Manjrekar believes that India might end up getting hurt if Ishan Kishan gets off the blocks slowly and so he feels that the opener needs to pick up the pace right from the start.

The young and dynamic left-hander has played knocks where he consumes deliveries in the powerplay without taking many risks. If he carries on and makes a big score, it will benefit the team but if he ends up failing, the dot balls could come back to haunt the team.

“Ishan Kishan going for a run a ball for his first 20 runs in two games is a risky modus operandi. What if he gets out on 20? Because then your team is hurting as the 20 balls are gone and you’ve got negligible returns on them.

“This is a cruel format and such seemingly insignificant events have a huge bearing on the eventual result. So here’s my advice to Ishan Kishan, if you can score quicker in the first 20 balls, go for it. 10 wickets are a lot in T20s,” Manjrekar said.

“If the pitches are belters, then South Africa is going to be a team hard to beat” – Sanjay Manjrekar

The series between India and South Africa currently stands at 2-1 in the latter’s favor. The remaining two games are in Rajkot and Bengaluru and if they are good batting pitches, Manjrekar feels the Proteas have the advantage.

“Hopefully the pitches in Rajkot and Bangalore would be the same is what Pant would be hoping dearly and then got to say that India have a great chance of winning the series. If the pitches are belters, then South Africa is going to be a team hard to beat because of their better power game,” he added.

The 4th T20I will be played in Rajkot on Friday, June 17.

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