Ranchi's local boy Ishan Kishan was interviewed by BCCI during IND vs NZ T20I net practice. In this many questions related to his cricket were asked. Ishaan Kishan was asked about his jersey number.

The first match of the three T20I series between India and New Zealand will be played in Ranchi on Friday. India made a clean sweep in the recently concluded ODI series by defeating New Zealand 3-0. Now under the captaincy of Hardik Pandya, the Indian team will look to win the T20 series as well. Both the teams have reached Ranchi. On Friday, the Indian team took part in the net session.

During the net practice, BCCI interviewed local boy Ishan Kishan of Ranchi. In this many questions related to his cricket were asked. Ishaan Kishan was asked about his jersey number. On this, Ishaan Kishan said, first I wanted my jersey number 23, but this number was already with Kuldeep Yadav, so I called my mother and told her the whole thing. On this, the mother asked to take the 32 number. I took this number without question.

Dhoni is his ideal

At the same time, Ishaan was asked about his ideal cricketer. On this, Ishaan said, his ideal player has been former India captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni. He has been following Dhoni ever since he started playing professional cricket. He told the reason behind this to be related to the same state. Also said about taking the first autograph from Dhoni, when I was 18 years old, I took an autograph on my bat from Mahi bhai.

Can open for India in a T20 match

Please tell me that Ishaan Kishan is a part of the Indian team for the T20 series. In the absence of Rishabh Pant, he is handling the wicketkeeping duties for the team. Apart from this, he can also open for India in T20. BCCI has posted the video of the interview taken with Ishaan on social media.