Ish Sodhi recently revealed why he didn’t pour out his emotions and chose to stay silent when he took his first wicket in IPL. Ish Sodhi made his debut in IPL in 2018. Turning up for Rajasthan Royals, he picked his maiden IPL wicket of no other than his international team’s captain Kane Williamson.
During that game, the New Zealand skipper was playing well and had scored 63 off 43 balls before Ish Sodhi got him out. RR though lost that game but Ish Sodhi cherishes that wicket dearly.
In his IPL career so far, Sodhi has played 8 games, picking 9 wickets at an average of 22.44. In a recent interaction on a Youtube channel named “The Grade Cricketer, Ish Sodhi revealed why he chose to stay silent after picking his maiden wicket of Kane Williamson.
Sodhi said that he had three options at that time, sledging in Punjabi, English, or maintaining the silence. The New Zealand off-spinner chose the third one.
“I had got three options there (to sledge Kane Williamson). I speak Punjabi pretty well. I obviously speak English and silence. I chose silence because he was my captain for a long time and is my captain currently. So I used silence. We ended up losing the game, but it was really nice to get a guy like Kane (Williamson) out.
“He plays spin bowling so well and sometimes when we are bowling we feel like he is batting with a pillow in hand and you are imparting zero revs on the ball. So, it was really great to get him out,” Sodhi further added, praising Williamson’s batting.
Later in the video, Ish Sodhi also heaped praise on Kane Williamson’s captaincy style. Sodhi labelled Williamson as a very calm and composed customer of the game.
“It is really fair to say that he leads by example. He comes across as quite calm and composed and that’s the way that he leads as well. I think we are quite lucky to have a variety of different leaders. We have got guys like Tim Southee, who will come in and be vice-captain or be T20 leader.
“I think he is a phenomenal leader in his own right. He is the guy, who will come in there and grab you by the shoulder and tell you that, ‘come guys, we can do it’. Kane, on the other hand, is nice and calm. It creates a nice balance. Kane, overall, is a great captain and a great leader. But these different leadership styles complement each other,” Sodhi explained.
