KOLKATA: Former India player Saba Karim has many things in common with young wicketkeeper-batter Ishan Kishan. Both hail from Patna and have similar playing roles.
But anyone will hope that the similarity between them ends here and the flamboyant youngster, who is in the squad for World Test Championship (WTC) Final hoping to make his India debut in whites, does not share with Karim the kind of short international career the latter had due to a serious eye injury while keeping to Anil Kumble.