Long-time opener Rohit Sharma was fully taken into confidence before being replaced by Ishan Kishan at the top of batting order for India's T20 World Cup match against New Zealand, batting coach Vikram Rathour said on Tuesday.
The Indians lost that game by eight wickets to stand on the verge of a group stage exit, days after their 10-wicket drubbing at the hands of Pakistan.
On the eve of the Afghanistan match, Rathour said that Kishan's elevation was more about having a left-hander at the top of the order rather than having too many similar type of players in the middle-order.
"How things went was Surya was having some back spasm the previous night and was not fit enough to take the field. The person coming in was of course Ishan and we know Ishan had done well as an opener as he has done well in the past," Rathour said. "As far as who took that call, it's the whole management that sits and takes that call.