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'Ishan Is Doing It Wrong Or..., ' AB De Villiers Opens Up On Ishan Kishan Controversy

Vishal Mehra

image-lsmvwaxfIshan Kishan is currently spending time away from cricket [X.com]

The curious case of Ishan Kishan has left several baffled, where the wicketkeeper-batter is spending time away from cricket internationally and domestically

Former South Africa keeper AB de Villiers, who had his fair share of issues apart from on-field form, has given his two cents on Kishan's break, asking about all communication options between management and a player to be more accessible. 

Ishan Kishan last featured for India in the T20I against Australia last year, following which the player asked the management to release the keeper-batter from Tests against South Africa and went on to miss Ranji cricket for Jharkhand as well which became quite a controversy. 

Speaking on his own YouTube channel, de Villiers, stated that Kishan can only decide when to make a comeback into cricket, with Indian players being in a tough spot, with IPL and International cricket being their major source of income.

So, whether Ishan is doing it wrong  - AB de Villiers

"Very interesting scenario there in India and I have been through this quite a bit throughout my career as well. It is a very tricky situation. Players trying to manage their careers, and rightfully so, but the difficulty around this is that there are a lot of T20 leagues around the world, IPL, and it's taking up a lot of attention...of the player's focus is on that. 


Guys, you do run out of energy, and once you run out of energy, you tend to go in your defensive mode and into a shell where you look after what you feel is important to you, and that's a human reaction.


"So, whether Ishan is doing it wrong or other players are doing it right or wrong, I do not know but what needs to happen is proper communication. So, the players know exactly what, not only proper communication but proper and regular communication."

Head coach Rahul Dravid on the topic of Kishan, explained that the 25-year-old needs to play domestic cricket and perform in-order to be running in contention for international cricket. 

In his short-career, Kishan has played two Tests, 27 ODIs, and 32 T20Is for India, slamming one double hundred, and 14 half-centuries between 2021 and 2023.