Former Indian batter Subramaniam Badrinath has expressed confidence in the keeper-batter Ishan Kishan to represent India across three formats of the game. It’s important to note that Kishan propelled East Zone to the Duleep Trophy 2026 title win over South Zone.
Speaking exclusively on his YouTube channel, Badrinath reckoned that it’s a matter of time before Kishan gets selected in all three formats of the game. It’s worth noting that Kishan is a regular in T20Is, but he last played an ODI in July 2019 and a Test in July 2023.
“It’s a matter of time before he is selected in all formats. He seems to do brilliantly when captaincy is given to him. Leadership seems to positively affect him, as we saw with SRH and now with East Zone. My mind keeps going back to the time when, long back, he was available in a trade and how CSK could have picked him then,” Badrinath said on his YouTube channel.
Kishan ended the Duleep Trophy 2026 with 409 runs from five innings, including a double century in the first innings against South Zone. Latter, in the second innings, he scored a 80-run knock as both teams settled for a draw.
Additionally, the former Chennai Super Kings (CSK) batter slammed the conditions at the MA Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai as the surface heavily assisted batters across all days of the game.
“It was too flat. Tilak Varma lost his patience and missed out on a century, which was disappointing. But usually, there’ll at least be turn for the spinners after the third day. However, I feel curators play it safe by dishing out flat tracks,” he added.
