Ishan Kishan is on a comeback trail. The man was included in the IND A team for Australia tour, and before that, he smashed tons in Ranji Trophy, and the Duleep Trophy as well. He is back in the mix, getting a lot more chances, and had also spoken recently about, how he was hungry to play an international match for Team India.
Alas! All that was not enough for him to be retained by MI, when the IPL Retention were made public on Friday. Perhaps, one of the reasons could have been his poor record in IPL 2024, where he only managed to score 320 runs in 14 matches, with just one fifty to his name. He had scored those runs at a strike rate of 148, which was perhaps one of the key reasons, for MI not making the play offs.
But that gives a chance for Ishan Kishan to go into the auction, and bag a lot of money. Overall, he is an asset for any team, and his numbers suggest so. In 105 matches, the left-hander has scored 2644 runs, with a highest-score of 99. He averages 28.43 and can change any match in a span of few deliveries.
Now, that also opens the gates for him to go to a team like DC, who are likely to not retain Rishabh Pant. They must be itching to get the services of another swashbuckling batter.
MI IPL Retentions
MI surprised one and all by retaining Rohit Sharma, Hardik Pandya, Jasprit Bumrah, Suryakumar Yadav, Tilak Varma and Nehal Wadhera together. With that, they also ended all speculations of Rohit Sharma moving to CSK, where he was also expected to lead the side. But now, it remains to be seen, as to who will the captain for the team be
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