With Wicket Being So Good, I Just Kept On Hitting: Ishan Kishan

Ishan Kishan became the fourth Indian batter to score a double century in ODI cricket in the third ODI against Bangladesh on December 10 at Chattogram, helping India win the match by 227 runs. After the match, Kishan stated that he batted in the nets on the day of the game, and that helped him a lot.

“The wickets were not good in the nets at the previous venue so I thought of batting today in the nets here this morning. The other players had also batted a lot in the nets and batting here was helpful. Surya bhai did the same thing in the World Cup and he did really well there. I did it and I got 200 as well,” said Kishan in a chat with Shubman Gill on BCCI.tv.

Kishan put on a mammoth partnership of 290 runs with Virat Kohli for the second wicket to power India to a total of 409/8. In fact, Kohli was at the non-strikers’ end when Kishan completed his double ton.

Revealing the conversation he had with Kohli, Kishan said: “I told Virat bhai that please keep telling me to take singles when close to 200. Otherwise, I will just try to go for a hit and throw it away. I was again tempted to go for the big shot. So, he said that he will keep telling me to go for singles only. So, if you see, he was gesturing one finger from the non-striker’s end, indicating to go for a single.”

The 24-year-old also said that he did not plan anything beforehand and kept going for his shots as the wicket was good.

“I did not go beforehand thinking that I will score the fastest double ton, I saw myself directly in the nineties and then started calming myself down. After the 90s, I saw myself directly at 146, then directly in the 190s. I was not thinking too much, just the fact that with the wicket being so good, why should I restrict myself? And since the situation was so good, just keep on hitting.”