Watch: Ishan Kishan had mixed luck on his return to cricket in the DY Patil T20 Cup today (February 27), hitting a six off Maxwell Swaminathan before getting out caught from his next ball.
This week, BCCI Secretary Jay Shah wrote in a letter to Indian cricketers that “performance in domestic cricket remains an important criterion for selection and non-participation in domestic cricket will have serious consequences. Kishan’s absence from elite cricket drew attention after he wrote a letter emphasizing, Implications”. The letter was sent after Kishan and Shreyas Iyer missed the crucial Ranji Trophy matches.
Kishan took a personal break from cricket during India’s tour of South Africa in December last year. Since then, he has not participated in the Ranji Trophy despite training with Hardik Pandya in Baroda. After India’s victory over England in the fourth Test match of the series, Rohit Sharma said that India will only select players who have the “hunger” to play Test cricket and that the players will not play in domestic red-ball cricket. He suggested that he needed to prove himself. .
Following Rohit’s comments, Kishan withdrew from the DY Patil T20 Cup held at Navi in Mumbai and returned to competitive cricket. He hit 19 off 12 balls, hitting long-on for six overs in the middle, but was out on the next ball which crossed the boundary and hit a full ball straight to midwicket.
Watch: Ishan Kishan hits six, gets out next ball
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