Ishan Kishan praises SRH’s calm, clear atmosphere, credits Pat Cummins for fearless cricket culture

During a conversation on JioHotstar’s special show ‘Gen Bold’, Ishan Kishan, who smashed a century on his SRH debut this season, said he got goosebumps seeing the sea of orange in Hyderabad. “Everyone here is very supportive. I’m really enjoying it so far,” he added.

Hyderabad: Sunrisers Hyderabad top-order batter Ishan Kishan says that the atmosphere in the SRH compared to his seven-year stint with Mumbai Indians is totally different and that there is a lot of calmness, a lot of clarity among everyone.

In a chat on JioHotstar’s special show ‘Gen Bold’, Ishan, who scored a century on debut for SRH this season, said there were goosebumps suddenly looking at everything orange in Hyderabad. “Everyone is very helpful here. So I’m loving it till now,” he added.

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“Abhishek Sharma, Abhinav Manohar, and Zeeshan Ansari are my favourite three team members. Sunrisers as a team is a very bold team, and I feel we’re going to rock this year,” Ishan said.

“Abhishek is a Generation Bold player. Because as soon as he goes on the pitch, he starts hitting, and we get the pressure that we also have to hit every ball now, we can’t even defend a couple of balls,”
he explained.

“Fearless cricket is not just about going out there and hitting every ball. It starts when your captain believes in that kind of approach for the team. I feel all the other team members are right behind him
(Pat Cummins), ready to play the same way he wants us to,” Ishan said. “When your captain brings that kind of clarity to the team, it becomes easy to play fearless cricket. We just play the way we’re used to —
and we’ll go in with that same approach,” he said.

“When you’re chasing, you have a target in mind. But when you’re batting first, you just play the ball. And then you decide where you can go after the first six overs and how good you are on that wicket.
So I don’t want to be very particular with the score. But let’s see. If we get a good start, then why not 300-plus?”,” Ishan said.

The southpaw rated Yuvraj Singh is a Generation Gold player and his favourites were Virender Sehwag when he was 18, then Yuvraj Singh, Sachin Sir. “Right now, my favourite is Virat Kohli. I’d like to learn
all his shots. Maybe I can play a cover drive like him,” he said.

“The clarity given by the coaches about your batting position No. 3 or 4 makes it easier – you know your role. If you start early, you face pace bowlers and, after batting through the powerplay, you’re well set
to dominate the middle overs. But if you walk in around the seventh over, it’s more about building a partnership and rotating strike. It’s slightly different, but I’m used to it,” Ishan explained.