Watch: Ishan Kishan pays tribute to Rishabh Pant, scores a half-century with his bat and hits a trademark six

If Team India’s first choice wicketkeeper Rishabh Pant was fit, then Ishaan Kishan would not have got a chance to make his Test debut against the West Indies. However, the Delhi Capitals wicketkeeper was involved in a horrific car accident in December last year and has been away from cricket since then.

However, Ishan Kishan, who made his Test debut in the first Test against the West Indies last week and scored his maiden Test fifty off just 33 balls on the fourth day of the second Test at the Queen’s Park Oval in Port of Spain, Trinidad on Sunday. Pictures of Kishan batting with Pant’s bat went viral and the young Mumbai Indians batsman also brought up his maiden half-century by hitting a six with one hand – which is Rishabh Pant’s trademark.

See here Ishan Kishan completes his half-century with a six…

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Ishan Kishan later revealed that he spent a lot of time with Rishabh Pant at the National Cricket Academy and picked up some useful wicketkeeping tips from his senior. “I was in NCA before this. Pant was also there. He knows how I play. We know each other from under-19 days. I also wanted someone to mentor me and luckily he was there to tell me something about my bat position,” Kishan said about Pant.

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“There are many senior players who keep talking to the bowlers. It should be a good game tomorrow. We need to hit the ball in the right areas and getting early wickets is important. It was a dream of mine to join the Whites. I just wanted to go in and hit every ball. I am most grateful to my parents who have always supported me.

At the end of the day’s play, West Indies were 76/2 with the help of Taginereen Chanderpaul (24 not out) and Jermaine Blackwood (20 not out). Earlier, India declared their second innings at 181/2 with the help of Ishan Kishan (52 not out) and Shubman Gill (29 not out). With a lead of 364 runs, he set a target of 365 runs in front of the Windies. Rohit Sharma (57) and Yashasvi Jaiswal (38) also played some quick innings for India.

West Indies were bundled out for just 255 in reply to India’s first innings score of 438. At that time West Indies were trailing by 183 runs. Captain Kraigg Brathwaite top-scored for the Windies with an innings of 75 runs. Alik Athanaje (37), Tegener Chanderpaul (33) and Kirk McKenzie (32) also played some good innings for the Windies.

Mohammad Siraj was the best bowler for India, taking 5 wickets for 60 runs. Mukesh Kumar and Ravindra Jadeja took two wickets each while Ravichandran Ashwin got one wicket.

(with ANI inputs)