'Most deserving, most dynamic, most dangerous' - Twitter goes berserk as Mumbai Indians break the bank to buy back Ishan Kishan

An intense battle between Sunrisers Hyderabad and Mumbai Indians took place to buy Ishan Kishan.

Published - 12 Feb 2022, 16:48 IST | Updated - 12 Feb 2022, 16:48 IST

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Ishan Kishan has been one of the upcoming youngsters in the Indian circuit and the wicketkeeper-batter was expected to bag a huge sum of money in the IPL 2022 mega auction. Mumbai Indians and Punjab Kings started the bidding for Kishan immensely and showed a huge interest in the youngster. Gujarat Titans joined the bidding after Punjab swayed out while Sunrisers Hyderabad made a late entry. In the end, Kishan was sold for a whopping INR 15.25 crore to his former franchise Mumbai Indians.

The left-hander was a vital cog in the Mumbai Indians batting lineup in the last few seasons and has been successful at various positions in the batting order. He struggled to get going in the first phase of IPL 2021 in spin-friendly wickets but is a completely different proposition when the ball comes onto the bat nicely. The Mumbai and UAE pitches suited him really well and he repaid the faith on him with some marvellous knocks.

Ishan Kishan’s impressive stint with Mumbai Indians

The 23-year-old has been seen as the future of Indian cricket and he captained the Indian side to finals in the 2016 U19 World Cup as well. With, 1452 runs in 61 IPL games, Kishan has scored nine fifties so far and can blast it to every part of the ground especially in the powerplay. His 99 in IPL 2020 against the RCB franchise was a testimony of his huge six-hitting skills as he struck nine maximums in the innings to chase down a huge score.

A lot of franchises have been looking for aggressive openers and he ticks a lot of boxes including the wicketkeeping option and the left-hand option as well. He managed 241 runs in the last season with some good knocks towards the end of the season and could be groomed into one of the core players for any franchise.

Kishan’s best season came in IPL 2020 where he finished as the fifth-highest run-scorer of the tournament with 516 runs in 14 games at an average of 57.33. He hit four fifties in the season at a strike rate of 145.76 and played a big part in the title-winning season for the Mumbai Indians.

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Here’s how Twitter reacted:

Ishan Kishan may go for high price. Mumbai Indians have never gone for a player for more than 10 cr.
Akash Ambani:#IPL2022MegaAuction #IPLMegaAuction #IPL2022 pic.twitter.com/zP19XWPkW3
— Nikhil 🏏 (@CricCrazyNIKS) February 12, 2022

Back at Mumbai Indians. Great Great buy!!
— KSR (@KShriniwasRao) February 12, 2022

Wow! 15.25cr is a lot of money but @mipaltan seem delighted #IshanKishan https://t.co/7X5b3hpMQg
— Harsha Bhogle (@bhogleharsha) February 12, 2022

MI had never bought any player for more than 10 cr in #IPLAuction
MI have bought Ishan Kishan for 15.25 cr
Ishan is now the 2nd most expensive Indian bought in #IPLAuction – Yuvraj was bought for 16 cr by Delhi in 2015#IPL2022MegaAuction #IPLMegaAuction
— Sarang Bhalerao (@bhaleraosarang) February 12, 2022

Welcome back Ishan Kishan 💙 pic.twitter.com/2t13rjq7H3
— R A T N I S H (@LoyalSachinFan) February 12, 2022

Mumbai Indians gets back Ishan kishan for 15.25 crores.
Their highest ever bid in Ipl Auction#IPLMegaAuction
— K I R A N 🇮🇳 (@Kiran_reddy_k) February 12, 2022

And Ishan Kishan becomes the most expensive buy at this auction. Wicketkeeper set. #IPL2022MegaAuction
— Aakash Chopra (@cricketaakash) February 12, 2022

As predicted Most deserving, most dynamic, most dangerous @ishankishan51 @mipaltan aala re well done 💥💥💥💥💥💥🔥🔥 pic.twitter.com/qwvLxbhcay
— Harbhajan Turbanator (@harbhajan_singh) February 12, 2022

🥳🥳 And it’s not close to finishing… https://t.co/48LeDnZAak
— Aakash Chopra (@cricketaakash) February 12, 2022

@ishankishan51 congratulations…jiah ho bihar ke lala.. highest bid…
— Singhbabul (@Singhbabul2) February 12, 2022

Rohit,Bumrah,Hardik,Surya watching Ishan Kishan getting 15.25 cr #IPLMegaAuction2022 #IPLAuction pic.twitter.com/c3r4Qcemee
— Charsau20 (@4sauu20) February 12, 2022

#IPLAuction #IPLMegaAuction2022
Ishan Kishan returning back to MI : pic.twitter.com/Uu0fKpESyb
— g0v!ñD $#@®mA (@rishu_1809) February 12, 2022

Ishan Kishan – 15.25 Cr
David Warner + Jason Roy + Quinton De Kock – 15 Cr #IPLAuction #IPLMegaAuction #IPLMegaAuction2022 pic.twitter.com/0OUT0SkUSx
— Sandeep Rana (@RANASandeep30) February 12, 2022

Thanks a lot @mipaltan
Welcome our champ #pocketdynamo @ishankishan51 😎😎😎😎 pic.twitter.com/H0lm3XUYkt
— ம.கா.சரவணாᵇ+ᵛᵉ (@mksaravana24) February 12, 2022