India vs West Indies: Ishan Kishan will open with me as he is only option available, says Rohit Sharma

Rohit Sharma on Saturday said that Ishan Kishan will open alongside him in the first ODI against the West Indies since the youngster is the only available option for the team with late entrant Mayank Agarwal serving mandatory quarantine period. Kishan was drafted into the ODI squad after Shikhar Dhawan and Ruturaj Gaikwad tested positive for COVID-19 and are now in isolation. "Ishan Kishan is the only option we have and he will open with me," Rohit said on the eve of the series-opener.

Ishan Kishan (PTI Photo)"Mayank was added to the squad and he is still in isolation. He came (joined) late and we have some rules in place. If someone is travelling, we have to put them in (mandatory 3-day) quarantine. He has still not finished his quarantine, so Ishan will open the innings.

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"Unless there's an injury as we have a training today and there is nothing of that sort," he added. DHAWAN, GAIKWAD AND SHREYAS IYER MAY MISS ODIsRohit also made it clear that the COVID positive trio of Dhawan, Shreyas Iyer and Gaikwad are still in isolation and they are still not sure when they would be available. "I have no idea," Rohit said when asked when the trio would be available.

Shreyas Iyer and Shikhar Dhawan (Photo credit: Surjeet Yadav/Getty Images)"At the moment the three guys are in isolation. They are doing pretty well and that's a good thing. But yeah,