The upcoming season of IPL (IPL 2023) is going to start from Friday, for which all the teams have started finalizing their preparations. Meanwhile, former IPL cricketers have started giving their feedback regarding this. Meanwhile, India’s former explosive opener Virender Sehwag has given a big statement regarding the opener of Mumbai Indians.
Hopes expressed from Ishaan Kishan
Virender Sehwag discussed with a cricket website before IPL. Wherein he discussed about Mumbai Indians opener Ishan Kishan saying that “Ishan Kishan will have a lot to prove in the upcoming Indian Premier League season as well as IPL this season to make it to the upcoming ODI World Cup. I will need to perform well.
Talking about the opening forward, Sehwag said in his interview, “I was thinking of Rituraj Gaikwad earlier, but Ishaan Kishan has not scored many runs recently, also he does not get much chance in Team India. found. So he will be aiming to do well in this IPL so that he can make it into the squad for the 50-over World Cup and also ensure his place in the T20 squad.”
Scored a double century against Bangladesh
Let us tell you that Ishaan Kishan played a brilliant inning of 210 runs in the third match of the ODI series against Bangladesh in December. He became the fourth batsman from India to score a double century in ODI cricket and the first Indian batsman to score a double century overseas. He had hit many tremendous shots in this innings.
And this time in IPL, Mumbai Indians will be seen opening with captain Rohit Sharma. Last season also he was seen opening for the team. Ishaan Kishan has played 75 matches in IPL so far. In which he has scored 1870 runs. This includes his 12 half-centuries.