“Mere Sath Kyun?”: Ishan Kishan breaks silence on Team India snub, central contract ax

One of the best wicket-takers in the Indian team, Ishan Kishan has gone through a tumultuous time in the last 6 months which has seen him lose his place in the Indian team across all three formats as well as a place at center in the BCCI. contract. Ishan sought a break from India’s tour to South Africa in December last year due to mental fatigue and has not returned to the group since. Although he played in the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2024 with the Mumbai Indians, he was not picked for the recent tour of Zimbabwe.

In a chat with Indian ExpressIshan opened up about his absence from the Indian team, the disregard for his central contract and the plan he hatched to make it to the national team.

When asked about the Indian team’s hatchet job and disregard for the central contract, Ishan said, “I don’t want to be sad about anything. I will continue to do my best.”

The wicketkeeper batsman admitted that the last few months have been depressing, and what happened also made him wonder why all this was happening to him.

“It was depressing. Today I don’t want to say everything was fine. It wasn’t easy for me at all. You go through a lot. Mero dimag mey ye sab chalta raha ki yaar kya hoga gaya, kyu ho gaya, mere saath kyu (Questions like what happened, why me). All these things happened when I was performing,” he said.

Ishan was asked about the reason for his break and he revealed that it was mainly fatigue from traveling but he didn’t feel like everything was right in his head. He also said that, unfortunately, no one except his family and a few close friends understood his position.

“I was scoring runs and then I found myself on the bench. These things happen in a team sport. But I felt travel fatigue. That meant there was something wrong, I wasn’t feeling good or right and so I decided to take a However, unfortunately , except my family and a few close people, no one understood this.

“I took a break and I think it was normal. There is a rule that if you want to come back, you have to play domestic cricket. It’s as simple as that. Now, it was very different for me to play domestic cricket. Since it didn’t make sense, I I didn’t feel like playing and that’s why I took a break from international cricket. It doesn’t make sense for you to take a break from international cricket and then go play domestic games. Fir toh aap international hi khelte (Then I could have continued playing for India),” he said.