Ishan Kishans coach recollects 200 balls of power-hitting and hotel room shadow batting

When the Indian team had descended in the national capital for a T20I against South Africa in June, Uttam Majumdars phone rang and he was requested to visit Hotel ITC Maurya.

At the other end of the call was his favourite ward, “apna baccha” (own kid), Ishan Kishan, asking him to come to the team hotel.

“Ishan wanted me to come to hotel everyday, when he was not training, and work on his head position and body balance while facing the short ball from Anrich Nortje and Kagiso Rabada,” Majumdar, who runs his own academy in Greater Noida, told

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