Mumbai Indians wicket-keeper batter Ishan Kishan justifies his high price tag, as he makes a brilliant start to the Indian Premier League 2022 season. The left-hander slammed an unbeaten half-century against the Delhi Capitals at the Brabourne Stadium on Sunday.
Ishan Kishan was signed by the Mumbai Indians for a whopping 15.25 crores in the auctions. The left-hander opened the innings along with skipper Rohit Sharma. The duo started to take on the Delhi Capitals’ bowlers early in the innings.
They slammed 53 runs at no loss in the power play pushing the opposition team on the backfoot. After the power play, Mumbai Indians lost their skipper Rohit Sharma. This was followed by a batting collapse.
However, Ishan continued to bat with the same intent. In the 17th, over he slammed Axar Patel for a huge six to complete his fifty. Ishan Kishan cleared his front leg against a short of length delivery to smash it over the deep mid-wicket region for a six. The left-hander raised his bat, to acknowledge the loud applause from the crowd.
Splendid Knock 👌👌
FIFTY up for @ishankishan51. Will he power @mipaltan to a perfect finish❓
Live – https://t.co/WRXqoHz83y #TATAIPL #DCvMI pic.twitter.com/MhrzY0HMTq
— IndianPremierLeague (@IPL) March 27, 2022
Ishan Kishan also completed 1500 runs in his Indian Premier League career. The left-hander remained unbeaten on 81 runs off just 48 balls, including 11 boundaries and two sixes. Mumbai Indians finished their 20 overs, with 177 runs on the board at the loss of five wickets.
Earlier in the match, Rishabh Pant won the toss and opted to bowl first. Delhi Capitals Kuldeep Yadav spinner brought his side back in the game after an early assault from the Mumbai openers.
Kuldeep took three wickets in his four overs, conceding just 18 runs. Along with Ishan’s half-century, Rohit Sharma scored 41 runs, while Tilak Varma played a good hand of 22 runs.
Let’s take a look at how Twitter reacted to Ishan Kishan’s performance:
i"SHANDAAR" Kishan 🔥💙
Who cares others opinion about Price Tag bcoz he is Worth it 🤩💙@mipaltan @ishankishan51 #DCvsMI pic.twitter.com/zfESUjsxet— Aditya45 (@RohitianAditya) March 27, 2022
15.25 Cr Supermacy
Where is Hater 🖕❤️🥰
#ishankishan
#mivsdc— Danish ❤️🇮🇳 (@Sillent_01) March 27, 2022
Ishan Kishan justifying the amount right from very first match! 🥵🔥 Well played, Ishan 🥳#DCvMI
— Shantanu 🎶 (@Shantanu630) March 27, 2022
https://twitter.com/kingashu1008/status/1508043075418959876?s=20&t=N9ToKmZWSLmcrZZri5igjA
𝐏💣𝐂𝐊𝐄𝐓 𝐃𝐘𝐍𝐀𝐌💣 has arrived to #TATAIPL 2022 & how! 💙
He reaches his fifty with a 9⃣8⃣m six! 🤯#OneFamily #DilKholKe #MumbaiIndians #DCvMI @ishankishan51 pic.twitter.com/nxwZzfq73k
— Mumbai Indians (@mipaltan) March 27, 2022
15 CRORES DOWN THE DRAIN
ISHAN KISHAN SCORES AGAINNN!!#IPL2022 pic.twitter.com/Hfo4jONneh
— Mr.Sanga18🇮🇳 (@TheSangram18) March 27, 2022
https://twitter.com/Muja_kyu_Nikala/status/1508043264431173634?s=20&t=N9ToKmZWSLmcrZZri5igjA
Most expensive auctioned player beginning that IPL season with 50+ score:
Yuvraj Singh in 2014
Ishan Kishan in 2022#IPL2022 #DCvMI— Kausthub Gudipati (@kaustats) March 27, 2022
Ishan Kishan has looked comfortable carrying the price tag of R15.25 cr, blazed to 81 off 48 balls #DCvsMI #IPL2022
— Sanjjeev (@Sanjjeev) March 27, 2022
This is what happens when a franchise makes a player believe in himself; by making him feel he belongs; by going out of the way to buy him after promising him they'll buy him.
He'll do everything to keep their trust.#IshanKishan
— KSR (@KShriniwasRao) March 27, 2022
Well played @ishankishan51 Top knock 💪 @mipaltan aaaalllaaa re
— Harbhajan Turbanator (@harbhajan_singh) March 27, 2022
5⃣0⃣ up for Ishan Kishan ⚡
15.25 cr well spent? 🤑#MI: 137-4(17) #W88 #W88India #W88IndiaOfficial #IPL #IPL2022 #TATAIPL #DelhiCapitals #MumbaiIndians pic.twitter.com/MSnuY5C9cf
— W88 India (@w88indiateam) March 27, 2022
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