Virat Bhai, Rohit Bhai Told Me To Forget About The Price Tag: Ishan Kishan

Nov 6, 2023 at 1:32 PM

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Virat Bhai, Rohit Bhai Told Me To Forget About The Price Tag: Ishan Kishan

Ishan Kishan’s huge price tag has been the talk of the town ever since Mumbai Indians secured his services in this year’s IPL mega auction. After releasing Kishan before the auction, Mumbai spent a whopping amount of INR 15.25 crore to sign the southpaw. Kishan was the most expensive player at the IPL 2022 mega auction. He also became the second most expensive Indian player at an auction after Yuvraj Singh (Rs 16 crore) in 2015.

It was also the first time that Mumbai Indians splashed the cash in excess of Rs 10 crore on a player in an auction. Unsurprisingly, all eyes were on Kishan when the IPL began. Expectations were high from the left-handed batsman and he started on a good note. In his first outing, he scored 81 off 48 balls albeit in a losing cause against Kolkata Knight Riders. He followed it up with a fifty against Rajasthan Royals in the next game but he soon lost his form.

Ishan Kishan and Virat Kohli
Ishan Kishan and Virat Kohli (Reuters Photo)

As Mumbai Indians’ form slumped, Kishan also found the going tough. The wicketkeeper-batsman managed a string of low scores — 14, 26, 3, 13, 0, 8 and 26. His form at the top of the order was one of the reasons behind Mumbai’s poor display this season. The 5-times champions lost their first 8 games and are currently at the bottom of the points table. In the last two games, Kishan has found some form, playing knocks of 45 and 51.

Ishan Kishan on the price tag:

Ishan Kishan recently spoke about the price tag and admitted that it does put pressure on the players. He, however, also stated that the presence of seniors players in the dressing room helped him to overcome the pressure. Kishan revealed that his senior India teammates like Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli and Hardik Pandya advised him to not think about the price tag.

“The pressure of the price tag will be on you for a maximum of `1-2 days after the auction. But at this level, you have to understand that I can’t keep such things in mind and I only have to focus on how to help my team win. The pressure of the price tag certainly will remain for a few days but when you have such good seniors around you when you keep talking to them, it helps,” Ishan said while talking to the media on the eve of Mumbai’s match against Chennai Super Kings.

“When I spoke to Rohit bhai, or even to Virat Kohli bhai during the game against RCB and Hardik bhai, everyone told me the same thing ‘You don’t have to think about the price tag’ because it’s not something I have asked for. The team had belief in me, so they spent the money.

“Instead of thinking about the pressure of the price tag, it’s important to think about my game and being in the zone. So talking to the senior players really helped. They have played the game for so long and handled different situations. For them also, at some point, the auction price would have gone up. So I learned how they handled the situation then,” he added.

Ishan Kishan, Rohit Sharma
Ishan Kishan, Rohit Sharma (Credits: Twitter)

Kishan has managed 321 runs in 11 matches so far for Mumbai Indians. As far as Mumbai Indians are concerned, they are already out of the playoffs race. Kishan as well as Mumbai would be looking to perform well in the remaining matches to bow out of the tournament on a good note.

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