Ishan Kishan will probably be like a rabbit caught in headlights: Sunil Gavaskar highlights MI star’s battle with bouncers

Former India captain Sunil Gavaskar on Sunday mentioned Ishan Kishan’s obvious weak spot towards brief balls just isn’t signal and that the Mumbai Indians batter will probably be in hassle on bounce-rich pitches in Australia and South Africa.

Gavaskar’s feedback got here after Ishan was hit on the helmet by Dushmantha Chameera as early because the 2nd over of Mumbai Indian’s unsuccessful chase of 169 towards Lucknow Super Giants on the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai in Match 37 of IPL 2022.

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Ishan seemingly took his eyes off the rising ball and was struck on the helmet. The MI opener wanted consideration from the physios earlier than he resumed his innings. However, it was a battle for the younger wicketkeeper-batter as he managed simply 8 from 20 balls, placing stress on his opening accomplice and captain Rohit Sharma, who made 39 off 31 balls.

Ishan struggled for any form of rhythm earlier than he acquired out in a weird method to Ravi Bishnoi. The MI star acquired an inside edge when he tried to flat bat a googly from Bishnoi. The ball hit the boot of Quinton de Kock earlier than getting deflected straight into the arms of Jason Holder at first slip. Ishan began strolling off even earlier than the umpire gave him out.

“He walked off. He had a miserable time. He just wanted to get out of the misery. Generally, when the ball is edged and it’s caught at first slip, they still wait. Here is a man who when the ball maybe even had hit the turf, he was not interested. He started to walk till the umpire told him ‘hang on, wait, let’s have a referral’. It’s just the mental situation he was in,” Gavaskar informed Star Sports.

NOT GOOD SIGN

Commenting on Ishan’s issues with bouncers, he added: “I think he was rattled by the blow he got. Don’t forget, in the past, he had been hit on the helmet. It actually is not a good sign because it means, in places like Australia and South Africa where there is extra bounce, he is going to be like a rabbit caught in the headlights.

“Every quick bowler goes to bang it brief, no person goes to pitch it the place he likes, nothing goes to be under the waist. Anything above the waist, he’s struggling in the mean time.”

Notably, Ishan was taken to the hospital throughout a T20I match towards Sri Lanka earlier this yr after he was hit on the helmet by a bouncer from Lahiru Kumara.

The 23-year-old acquired off to begin in IPL 2022, hitting two fifties on the trot, however has struggled ever since, failing to reside as much as the hefty price ticket of Rs 15.25 crore. Kishan has registered scores of 14, 26, 3, 13, 0, 8 for the reason that sturdy begin as MI are winless after enjoying 8 matches this season.