Watch: Ishan Kishan thanks Rishabh Pant for sharing batting tips ahead of West Indies tour

Ishan Kishan, who smashed an unbeaten 34-ball 52, his maiden Test fifty thanked Rishabh pant for giving him some batting tips at the National Cricket Academy (NCA) ahead of the West Indies tour.
“I was at NCA before coming here. I was practising there and Rishabh was also there for his rehab. He just got a few points for me,” Kishan said after the end of days play.

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“He asked me to you know, the bat position and everything because he, had seen me playing with him. We have played together so many matches. We have been together since U-19.
“So he knows how I play, what my mindset is. So you just help me a little bit with my bat position and everything, so otherwise I think I also wanted someone to tell me a few things about my batting and it was a great time for him to come and chat with me and really thankful for that,” he added.

After bowling out West Indies for 255, India was then in a hurry and scored at 7.5 runs an over — more than three times quicker than West Indies’ second-innings reply so far — to reach 181-2 declared in 24 overs in its second innings.
Mohammed Siraj, who has bagged five wickets in the first innings had lauded Kishan’s knock and said: “Ishan is an aggressive batter. With no Rishabh Pant in the team, Ishan is someone who can fill his shoes. He has got the ability to hit the big shots. He was given a free pass to go and attack the bowlers. We wanted to get runs quickly and Ishan was our go-to man.”