Ishan Kishan who scored a brilliant 79 off 46 balls to power Sunrisers Hyderabad to 255 for 4 in an IPL match against Royal Challengers Bengaluru on Friday, said he tries to keep things simple when he is batting.
The wicketkeeper-batter’s knock was studded with eight fours and three sixes as RCB could manage 200 for 4 while chasing SRH’s target.
“Just happy about it, taking one match at a time, not making it complicated for myself, just keeping it simple like I spoke earlier before the tournament. It’s just about watching the ball and playing your game,” Kishan said after the match.
“More than maturity, it’s about shot selection. You (should) know when to play which shot, (and) who to target. I’m just trying to take one ball at a time, know the situation, understand the pitch and just play your shots,” he said.
Kishan, who reached 500 runs this IPL revealed his approach to batting and said that he just takes one match at a time and try playing in his style.
“I just take one match at a time, but I don’t know why but I do feel confident when I’m playing against them and (at the) end of the day, fortune favours the brave and I just try to do my thing and it works in my way.” said Kishan.
SRH finished third on the points table after playing 14 matches in the league stage, as Kishan credited Pat Cummins for being a difference once he joined the squad.
“Pat (Cummins) coming in, one of the best bowlers, it’s very good to have him. Credit goes to everyone for keeping us in the zone. you just keep it simple, it’s about enjoying in the middle. I need to give the credit to the support staff and Pat Cummins,” he said.
SRH skipper Cummins expressed his delight in having a strong bowling attack after Eshan Malinga (2 for 33) and Sakib Hussain (1 for 31) stifled the RCB batters.
“The boys batted fantastically. Pretty good wicket, knew a lot of things had to go our way. We threw a few things at them, it’s still a big win,” he said.
“The way Eshan has bowled all through the tournament, Sakib there as well, captain’s dream. We’ll rest for a couple of days. We’ll know who we’re playing in a couple of days.”
RCB captain Rajat Patidar said the priority of his team was to finish top of the points table, and they will meet Gujarat Titans in Qualifier 1.
“The top priority was to be on the top, but I think, there were a lot of runs in the first innings. I think 255 is a good score on this wicket,” Patidar said.
“Their five bowlers executed the slow bouncers and yorkers pretty well. Obviously, Hyderabad, I think it’s a good wicket, but when you start bowling slow bouncers, slow into the wicket, it’s really tough for the batsman to score the runs,” he added.
Patidar also credited SRH batters for making the most of the home advantage in the first half of the game.
“Their top five batsmen played really well, and they purely dominated in the first innings. Not really, but the slow bouncer was gripping a bit, but I think the way… their strength is slow bouncers and yorkers, they executed pretty well,” he said.
