Having watched either one of them from shut quarters, Gujarat Titans spinner R Sai Kishore feels that his franchise skipper Hardik Pandya is similar to mythical MS Dhoni with regards to management characteristics. Sai Kishore, ahead of becoming a member of Gujarat Titans, was once with CSK for a few years.
“Hardik and Mahi bhai (MS Dhoni) are beautiful equivalent in the way in which they deal with issues, they each are beautiful calm,” Sai Kishore informed the media right through a digital interplay consultation on Friday.
“Something that I in reality recognize about Hardik is his talent to deal with luck and failure similarly – this is one thing very distinctive about him. He’s a level-headed man and that works (for him),” he added.
The 28-year-old mentioned Gujarat Titans, who received the IPL closing yr of their debut season, should mirror their performances from closing season with the intention to achieve success.
“The tag of being protecting champions is as much as us whether or not to take it or now not. We performed smartly closing yr and this is why we received. I feel if we will do this (then) the tag received’t subject a lot,” he mentioned.
Sai Kishore mentioned the brand new rule of getting an ‘Have an effect on Participant’ in IPL will make it extra manageable than what it was once in home circuit.
“It’s extra just like the super-sub rule the place we will both use a bowler or a batsman. It’s mainly like taking part in with 12 folks. We now have already performed with this (rule) in home (cricket). The one exchange is that we will use it until the twentieth over, in home it was once limited to the 14th over. In 20 overs, it will have to be so much more uncomplicated to deal with,” he mentioned.
The Tamil Nadu left-arm spinner mentioned he’s eyeing a spot within the Indian aspect by means of robust performances within the IPL.
“Sure, there are a large number of left-arm spinners in India and this (IPL) is an excellent alternative however I want to be right here now within the provide and play smartly for Gujarat. Within the closing 5 years, my skill-set has long gone up and I wish to stay making improvements to. If it occurs that I do really well within the IPL, I’m going to play for India,” he mentioned.
Then again, Sai Kishore admitted that he has to reinforce his batting to come back into nationwide reckoning.
“This is a paintings in growth. I’ve performed smartly in home (cricket) additionally. I do know the spaces the place I’m excellent at and spaces the place I want to paintings on. I’m looking to installed hours into my batting and fielding,” he mentioned.
“Within the IPL and better you move, you need to bat on the most sensible. In Tamil Nadu, I’ve had the posh of batting on the most sensible in a couple of video games. The demise overs batting wishes extra paintings and a spotlight. Discovering a trend or system to attain fast runs is what I’m operating on,” Sai Kishore concluded.
