Indian skipper, Virat Kohli has praised Ishaan Kishan, who made his debut and played a bold innings. The left-handed batsman Ishaan Kishan has played an important role in helping India win in the second T20 match with scoring 56 runs off 32 deliveries.
He also said: “The conversation I had before the match, with Virat bhai, Hardik bhai, everyone told me to just enjoy and before going out to bat you (Chahal) gave me tips about how to go about it and said ‘take time if you want to and just play freely like you played in the IPL’.”
“When you reached your fifty, you did not raise your bat for a few seconds. Were you not aware that you have completed your half-century or you got nervous?” Chahal asked Kishan.
“I wasn’t nervous. Actually, I was not sure that I had reached my fifty and when Virat bhai told me ‘top innings’, then I realised. But generally, I do not raise my bat that much after hitting a half-century, maybe just once or twice. But then I hear Virat bhai’s voice from behind ‘Oye, charo taraf ghoom ke bat dikha, sabko bat dikha, pehla match hai tera’ (raise your bat in all directions, show your bat to everyone, it’s your first match),” Kishan replied.
Reflecting on how it is to bat with Kohli, Kishan said: “Initially, I was finding it difficult to match his (Kohli) level because the energy he shows after each boundary or a double, I had never experienced that.”
Kohli later further said that when you play your first game in this way, it shows your ability. Third T20I will be played between the two teams on March 16 and both the teams will step on the feild to take the series lead.
