Ishan Kishan, who originally is from Bihar, Patna, plays first class cricket for Jharkhand and in a video shared by BCCI earlier on Thursday, the wicketkeeper-batter can be heard sharing his views on MS Dhoni, who is also his childhood idol.
“My favourite cricketing idol while growing up was MS Dhoni. Coming from same place, me also playing for Jharkhand. So I really wanted to fill his shoes and now that I’m here, I’ll make sure that I make my team win many games,” said Ishan in the video.
Ishan is relatively new in the international circuit but he has already stamped his authority in white-ball cricket. He became the fourth Indian batter to slam a double ton in ODIs, which came against Bangladesh in December last month.
He was, however, not considered for the ODIs against Sri Lanka but returned to side against New Zealand, where he batted in the middle-order. His bat against the BlackCaps remained silent, as he could only muster 30 runs from three outings.
