Ishan Kishan's Unexplained Absence Raises Questions About His Cricket Future

Every day, the Ishan Kishan situation becomes more bizarre. The wicketkeeper-batter has not spoken with anybody, not even the Board, on when he plans to declare himself fit for international cricket.

It seems doubtful that Kishan will be selected for the current series between India and England, which consists of five Tests. Additionally, there are no scheduled limited-overs matches before to the Indian Premier League.

In Jharkhand's current Ranji Trophy campaign, Kishan has not appeared, and there is little indication that he will do so anytime soon. His home body, the Jharkhand State Cricket Association, is clueless as to his whereabouts.

When he's ready to go back into the game, head coach Rahul Dravid had said earlier this month that he will have to play domestic cricket.

During the Test series in South Africa, Kishan had requested a break, and the team management had granted his request. Shubman Gill played in India's first two ODI World Cup matches, but he was benched for the remainder of the competition when he recovered from injury.

Then, at home during the first three Twenty20 Internationals against Australia, he scored two half-centuries. He didn't play in the Twenty20 Internationals in South Africa; Jitesh Sharma was picked ahead of him. Even though he was on the Test team, he decided to take a vacation at that time.

There were tidings of his psychological exhaustion stemming from his incessant travels without any assurance of a consistent spot in the starting lineup.

Given the Board's stony silence on the whole incident, his prolonged absence has come as a surprise. However, Dravid clarified that there were no disciplinary concerns at all and that all of this chatter was conjecture.

There were rumors that he was working with Hardik Pandya in Vadodara and that, when he felt ready, he would go to the National Cricket Academy in Bangalore.

He may risk missing out on participating in the T20 World Cup in June if he doesn't play domestic cricket, according to the prevailing belief. The main event's selection process will be based on the IPL, although the committee headed by Ajit Agarkar has essentially decided to enter Jitesh or Sanju Samson.

The national selectors are not happy that he hasn't complied with the team management's request for him to play for the Ranji Trophy so far.

Some people think that Kishan, who is very brilliant, should be treated with compassion and care. He doesn't need to be under constant pressure by being watched over and asked when he would be ready to go.

This is a really sensitive circumstance. Maybe he needs a lengthy vacation. Encourage him and give him the flexibility to handle such situations, an informed source told The Telegraph.

Kishan recently shared a video of himself working out at the gym with his trainer on social media. However, there was no indication that he had begun using the bat in the nets.

He had shared a photo of himself seated in front of an opulent automobile the day before, captioning it, "Lost in the right direction." It seemed from the location that he was abroad.

This has led to a lot of conjecture, which ranges from his not being interested in cricket to the possibility that his forced hiatus would last for some more time.

There is another perspective that claims Kishan has the support of the influential people in Indian cricket and is allowed to handle his personal matters on his own.

Due to Kishan's Grade C contract, which entails an annual retainer of Rs 3 crore, there have been concerns raised about whether the Board has been too forgiving in its interactions with him. But there's no denying that he has made his prospects of a return more difficult by failing to update the Board.

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