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“Main Dhoni bhai ki keeping se zyada unka dimaag dekhte rehta hoon”: Ishan Kishan reveals how MS Dhoni stressed him in MI vs CSK IPL match

Rishikesh Sharma
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"Main Dhoni bhai ki keeping se zyada unka dimaag dekhte rehta hoon": Ishan Kishan reveals how MS Dhoni stressed him in MI vs CSK IPL match

Ishan Kishan has revealed an interesting incident about MS Dhoni when the latter stressed him to get out in MI vs CSK IPL game.

Mumbai Indians are having a rough start to their IPL 2022 campaign, but the form of Ishan Kishan has been a big plus for them. Ishan has scored two half-centuries in two games, and he is looking in brilliant form.

The southpaw recently appeared in the show “Breakfast with Champions” with Gaurav Kapoor, where he talked about a lot of different topics. Kishan also talked about an interesting incident with MS Dhoni during IPL 2018.

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Ishan Kishan reveals MS Dhoni’s mind game

Ishan Kishan has revealed that he wanted to do wicket-keeping from the very start as he wanted to stay engaged in the game throughout. Kishan moved from Bihar to Jharkhand very early on in his career, and he started his domestic career in Jharkhand only.

Ishan Kishan said that apart from wicket-keeping, he tried to read the mind of MS Dhoni behind the wickets. He talked about an incident that happened in 2018 when Mumbai Indians faced Chennai Super Kings at the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai.

Mumbai Indians bought Ishan Kishan for a price of INR 6.2 Crores in the IPL 2018 mega auction. At the Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai Indians were batting first in the opening game of the tournament. After losing the wickets of Rohit Sharma and Evin Lewis early, Ishan Kishan and Suryakumar Yadav stitched a partnership.

Ishan Kishan revealed that he was so intrigued by the mind of MS Dhoni that when Dhoni walked to Imran Tahir, he thought that MS might have found something about him. Ishan was batting well at 40 runs in 28 balls, but he got out on the very next ball of Imran Tahir.

“I was playing well and hitting the bowlers,” Ishan said.

“But then Dhoni Bhai went and talked to the bowler. He said something to Imran Tahir. And in my head, I’m wondering what Mahi Bhai has told him.”

“I don’t know what happened but I tried to drive the ball and got caught at the third man.”

Imran Tahir bowled a googly and Ishan went on one knee and tried to slog, the ball took the bat’s edge and Mark Wood took an easy catch at short third man. Kishan agreed that he lost that battle in his mind.

Kishan also revealed a funny incident about his Vijay Hazare Trophy debut, when MS Dhoni was leading the side. Ishan revelead that he was standing at the third man boundary and after the over when MS Dhoni gave instructions with his gestures, he could not understand where to go. He even asked his fellow mates, but he still was confused.

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Rishikesh Sharma

Rishikesh Sharma

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An engineering graduate and an ardent sports fan, Rishikesh Sharma is covering cricket for three years now after not making peace with a corporate life and has written more than 5000 articles. While Sourav Ganguly made him fall in love with the sport, Brendon McCullum and Gautam Gambhir enhanced it. Apart from cricket, Rishikesh is a huge fan of Liverpool FC. When not watching sports, you will find him riding around Jaipur.

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