India captain Virat Kohli on Wednesday dropped enough hints to indicate that pacer Ishant Sharma and young opener Prithvi Shaw will be in the playing XI for the first Test against New Zealand at the Basin Reserve in Wellington. 6 batsman for away Tests, will be the fifth bowling option with the specialist pacers: Jasprit Bumrah, Mohammed Shami and Ishant. “He (Ishant) looked pretty normal and pretty similar to what he was bowling before the ankle injury. He is hitting good areas again and has played (Test cricket) in New Zealand couple of times, so his experience will be useful to us,” Kohli said. Like a clear head with which Mayank played in Australia, Prithvi can do the same in New Zealand.

Source: The Telegraph February 19, 2020 21:27 UTC