I could have gone for 300: Ishan Kishan

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Ishan Kishan, who owns the record of smashing the fastest double hundred in ODIs, spoke about his idols MS Dhoni and Virender Sehwag in this tell-all interview with One Cricket.  : OneCricket

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00:00Now, when I watch my highlights, I think about,

00:02okay, 15 overs were there, maybe I could have gone for 300.

00:06Maybe I bat like this because I watch a lot of his highlights,

00:09like the way he smacked all the bowlers,

00:11whoever it was, Brett Lee, Shoaib Akhtar,

00:13whoever it was, he smacked everyone.

00:15Dhoni bhai, I have seen him all around,

00:17like what he does off the field, on the field.

00:19So, the calmness and everything, the way he meets everyone.

00:22I got that double 100, but, you know, when I completed that,

00:25next day only, my mom called me and she said that,

00:28okay, now it's done, you should forget about it.

00:43Do you still pinch yourself that what has happened just last week?

00:46Yeah, sometimes I do, obviously, I can't deny that.

00:49I do that, okay, I scored double century

00:52and I got my name around Sachin bhaji,

00:55Viru bhaji and Rohit bhai.

00:58So, I want to make more 200s,

01:01but at the same time, I do feel special sometimes

01:03when I think about scoring that double 100 against Bangladesh.

01:06But you spoke about that, it could have been triple 100.

01:10I know, there were still 15 overs to go.

01:13So, right now, when I watch my highlights,

01:15I think about, okay, 15 overs were there,

01:17maybe I could have gone for 300,

01:20but I think my wrist was gone.

01:23Do you think that's Viru model because your batting is like that?

01:26Okay, no, if not this time, next time.

01:29There is always a next time for someone like you.

01:30Maybe I bat like this because I watch a lot of his highlights,

01:34like the way he smacked all the bowlers,

01:36whoever it was, Brett Lee, Shoaib Akhtar,

01:38whoever it was, he smacked everyone around the ground.

01:41So, maybe I got that instinct,

01:43something like I want to play in an attacking mode.

01:47Maybe I got it from him, maybe.

01:48And I used to watch Gilchrist also as an opener.

01:52So, who has been the biggest inspiration?

01:54Gilchrist or MS Dhoni?

01:56MS Dhoni, for sure.

01:57Because, yeah, I love his batting,

02:00Adam Gilchrist and his wicket-keeping,

02:02but MS Bhai, Dhoni Bhai, I have seen him all around,

02:06like what he does off the field, on the field.

02:08So, the calmness and everything, the way he meets everyone.

02:12So, these things also matter in life,

02:14like how you function, how you get to know

02:16about such a big player who functions in what way.

02:20So, I think he has helped me a lot also

02:23with me being around so many people,

02:26how to take care of yourself

02:28when you are around so many people.

02:30But it must not have been easy

02:32for a young Ishan Pichai growing up in Jharkhand,

02:35being the wicket-keeper batsman,

02:36and everyone saying that you are the next Dhoni.

02:39How you dealt with that kind of expectation?

02:42I think I take it very, like, in a positive way.

02:45I feel like, okay, when people are considering me

02:47with MS Bhai, like, that means I got something in me.

02:52That's why they want me to see at his place.

02:54So, I just feel like if I do what he has done for our country,

02:58if I do 70% of that, I'll be happy.

03:00Because he has done enough, he made us win World Cup,

03:04T20 World Cup one day, Champions Trophy.

03:07So, there are so many things, but at the same time,

03:10even I want to be there in that situation

03:12where I make my team win.

03:13A lot of people these days talk about, you know,

03:15the fierce competition among the wicket-keepers.

03:18We just try and help out each other,

03:20like, how you can be a better player.

03:22Because at the end of the day, all of us know

03:24that we are going to represent our country.

03:26So, if India wins, we are happy about it.

03:29Not that I scored 100, or Sanju scored 100,

03:31or Rishabh scored 100.

03:33So, we just think about helping each other.

03:35If we have any doubt, we do talk to each other about it.

03:38It's not like we're always in that mode,

03:40okay, he's scoring runs.

03:41We just want to focus on ourselves,

03:44how we can get better day by day,

03:45and how we can help our country win the game.

03:48Life has changed since that double 100.

03:50Has Ishan Kishan changed as a player?

03:52Obviously, not as a player.

03:54I think I'm still the same player.

03:56Maybe I got that double 100,

03:58but, you know, when I completed that,

04:00next day only, my mom called me,

04:02and she said that,

04:03okay, now it's done.

04:04You should forget about it. It's okay.

04:06You have to go to Sri Lanka, and you should focus.

04:09No, actually, she said that

04:10you're going for Ranji Trophy match,

04:12so please make sure you score a 100 there also,

04:14and you make your team win.

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