Ishan Kishan is IPL 2022
mega auction’s most expensive buy. Mumbai Indians had shelled out Rs 15.25
crore to get the service of the left-handed batter. But he failed to live up to
the expectations. In 13 matches, he scored 370 runs at an average of 30.83, with the help of three half-centuries.

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Kishan, however, is not
concerned about his form, saying even the best of cricketers “struggle” at some
point. Still, he is the second-highest run-getter for MI this season behind
Tilak Varma, a fact that showed the poor form of his teammates.

MI were the first team to
get eliminated from the IPL playoff race after losing eight matches on the
trot. “Even the biggest of players (can struggle), I have seen the likes of
Chris Gayle taking time (to start hitting),” Kishan said at the post-match
conference after MI lost by three runs to SunRisers Hyderabad on Tuesday night.

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“Every day is a new day,
every match is new. Some day, you get a good start, someday, opposition bowlers
come prepared and they bowl the balls at good areas. “The planning inside the
dressing room may be different from what the outside people want.” He said his
role was not about hitting straightaway without analysing the situation of the
game.

“In cricket, it can never be
sure that you have just one role and I will just go out and hit the ball. If
you think about the team, it is more important to understand about your role,”
Kishan, who scored 43 off 34 balls, said. “If the opposition bowlers are
bowling well you need to give respect to them and if you can save wicket it
makes it easier for the batters coming later.

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“There cannot be just one
situation. Some day, you need to go all out when you are chasing a big total,
some day, you need to analyse the strength of opposition team whether they have
good bowlers to bowl at the death or not, or whether we have to save wickets or
not.” Kishan also said that MI could have won the match had Tim David, who had
smashed 46 off just 18 balls with the help of three fours and four sixes down
the order, been there till the end.

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Tim David was run out by T
Natarajan after scoring 18-ball 46. MI were required 19 off 10 balls to win the
match but a wicket-maiden by Bhuvneshwar Kumar made things difficult for MI.
They eventually lost by three runs.