Mumbai Indians broke the bank last month to secure the services of Ishan Kishan in the IPL 2022 mega auction and the top-order batsman has started repaying the trust the franchise has shown in him. Although five-time IPL champions MI started their season with a loss to Delhi Capitals, Ishan played a responsible innings, mixing aggression with caution, hitting an unbeaten 81 of 48 at the Brabourne Stadium.
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With a successful bid of Rs 15.25 crore, MI made Ishaan the costliest buy of the mega auction and India’s second most expensive player in IPL history. India legend Harbhajan Singh heaped praise on the youngster.
“Ishaan has come out as a matured player. When Rohit Sharma got out, he took the batting on himself and decided ‘I have to play till the end’. With this innings he has proved how capable he is as a batsman.” star sports show cricket live.
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He continued, “I am a fan of this man. One time I bowled to this man in a match and he hit two or four sixes against me. Seeing him bat like this I was clear that he was going to be an amazing player.” And now whenever he comes in the middle, I sit back and enjoy his batting.”
Former India all-rounder Irfan Pathan said that MI would be very happy with their decision to isolate the 23-year-old.
“Mumbai Indians team management will be happiest after Ishaan’s innings as they placed a big bid on him in the auction. The owners made a plan that ‘we are going to follow Ishaan no matter what.’ And what happened after that? Ishaan did what he wanted, he not only got off to a great start but also finished for them. It was a mature innings from Ishaan.”
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