Ishan Kishan, the Indian wicketkeeper-batter, faced criticism for ignoring the domestic cricket after Rahul Dravid, his former coach advised him to do that to return back to Indian team. After an extended break due to personal reasons, Kishan came back and played in the Indian Premier League. However, he has yet to be able to find a place in the national squad after his sabbatical from international cricket last December.
Kishan has now provided reasons for his breaks that eventually led to his removal from the Board of Control for Cricket in India’s (BCCI) central contracts list.
“I took a break; it was just normal. You have to play domestic cricket before you can become relevant again if you want a chance of being selected once more. It’s as straight as that…for me playing domestic cricket made no sense at all period. I was not in a frame of mind like playing so I decided I should take some rest from international cricket it’s very different m right? But taking an off then going down south does not add up,” said Kishan on The Indian Express.
In addition, Ishan Kishan also registered his disappointment concerning lack of enough time spent by him while representing India but doing well.
“It was pathetic .Today I don’t want to say that everything was fine .It wasn’t easy for me at all.What many go through. Mere dimaag me ye sab chalta raha ki yaar kya ho gaya kyun ho gaya mere saath kyu All these things happened when I was performing”, he elucidated.
He had missed out on South Africa tour and Ranji Trophy but later returned during Indian Premier League earlier this year where he played for Mumbai Indians His performance however did not reach my expectations He scored 320 runs with an average of 22.85 per innings and maintained a strike rate of 148.83 in 14 matches.
Kishan’s domestic season is coming up soon and he wants to prove his worth so that he will be back to the national team. At only 25, he wants to make an impact in all formats of cricket despite recent omissions.
Ishan Kishan has played two Test matches, scoring 78 runs with one fifty. In the limited overs format, he scored 933 runs at an average of 42.40 in 27 ODIs with a single hundred and seven fifties. He has hit 796 runs at a rate of 124.37 per innings for T20 Internationals with six fifties over 32 games.
