Initially, it seemed Kishan was there to find out if Faf was doing alright, but later on the MI keeper laughing suggested he must have slipped in a joke.
Mumbai: It is no secret that young Ishan Kishan is a chirpy character and he is also someone who likes to get into the minds of his opposition. At the Wankhede stadium on Thursday, Kishan poked fun at Royal Challengers Bengaluru captain Faf du Plessis after he copped a nasty blow near his crotch region. Akash Madhwal was the bowler and it was the last of of the powerplay. Kishan, who was keeping, promptly walked up to him. Initially, it seemed Kishan was there to find out if Faf was doing alright, but later on the MI keeper laughing suggested he must have slipped in a joke.
Here is what exactly transpired. Check the clip.
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Earlier, Ishan Kishan and Suryakumar Yadav struck whirlwind fifties as Mumbai Indians recorded their second win in IPL 2024 by beating Royal Challengers Bengaluru by seven wickets. Chasing 197, Mumbai Indians started with 70-plus runs inside the powerplay to eventually win the game in 15.3 overs. Earlier, Jasprit Bumrah took a five-wicket haul to enter the record books. Dinesh Karthik scored a 23-ball 53 to power RCB to 196/3 in 20 overs.
“It’s a tough pill to swallow – combination of two things, very wet (the conditions with dew), I need to somehow win some tosses, secondly, they played really well, put the pressure on us and we made a lot of mistakes (especially during the powerplay). We knew dew would be a factor, we might have needed to make 250+, but they made 196 look very less. You know when there’s dew coming, you’ll have to bat big, the ball was very wet, it was changed a few times and the bowlers struggled,” RCB captain faf du Plessis said at the post-match presentation after the loss.