(Cricket News) Ishan Kishan, the Indian wicket-keeper batter said he is not thinking about his spot in the T20 World Cup. Ishan opened up about his selection while talking to the media after Mumbai’s game against RCB. ‘It is not in my hands’ – Kishan said about the World Cup selection.

Kishan has been out of competitive cricket since November, where he pulled out of the South Africa tests due to personal reasons. Just before the IPL, he returned to cricket in February where he featured in the DY Patil T20 Cup.

Kishan’s return to cricket has been decent. He has had a few good games for his franchise Mumbai Indians. Currently, he is the leading run-scorer for his side in IPL 2024 with a tally of 161 at a strike rate of 182.95. He played an exceptional knock 69 of just 34 balls to help MI to their second win of the season.

“About the World Cup, it is not in my hands and I am taking things very easy right now,” he said on Thursday, after the game against Royal Challengers Bengaluru. “You have to take one match at a time. One needs to understand that a lot is not in the hands of the players.

“It [the IPL] is a long big tournament and you do not want to overstep. I am just taking one game at a time and [my motto is] however I can help the team, let’s do it.

Kishan recently was excluded from the BCCI central contracts for the period from October 2023 to September 2024, after not featuring in the Ranji games for his state, Jharkhand. Shreyas Iyer was also excluded for the elite list of players.

Talking about his time away from the game, Kishan said: “I was practising [during the break]. When you take a break, people gossip about it a lot, they say a lot of things on social media. But I feel it’s important to understand not everything is in players’ hands. We can only make the best use of the break. This is what adopting a good mindset is.”

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