“What Mental Fatigue Can You Have?”: Ex-Pakistan Star Questions Ishan Kishan | Cricket News

Former Pakistan wicketkeeper-batter Kamran Akmal has questioned India teen Ishan Kishan’s choice to take a break from the game, citing psychological fatigue. Kishan had pulled himself out of the India squad for the Test collection towards South Africa in December 2023. The wicketkeeper-batter was then ignored for the continued T20I collection towards Afghanistan. Speaking on the problem, India head coach Rahul Dravid stated that the participant didn’t make himself out there for choice, and can now must play home cricket to get again into the aspect.

Kishan additionally didn’t discover a place in India’s squad for the primary two Tests towards England, with KS Bharat and teen Dhruv Jurel a part of the squad because the wicketkeepers.

Akmal slammed Kishan for taking a break so early in his profession, and highlighted how veterans like Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli and Jasprit Bumrah additionally face the identical quantity of psychological fatigue.

“There has been talk about Ishan Kishan being released from the Test squad in South Africa to deal with mental fatigue. At this early stage of your career, what mental fatigue can you have? In this team, there are the likes of Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli and Jasprit Bumrah, who also deal with fatigue. They play the IPL, international matches, including Test matches. Have never heard of players taking a break due to this reason,” Akmal stated on his YouTube channel.

Akmal additional said that Kishan’s choice to take relaxation is “beyond his understanding’, adding that young players shouldn’t make such demands so early in their careers.

“You are saving your self for 2 months of IPL. Playing within the Indian workforce is a giant factor and this excuse is past my understanding. I believe the choice committee has completed a very good job by protecting Ishan Kishan away from this workforce. Let him relaxation for at times taking part in home cricket. This ought to be a message to gamers that they can not ask for relaxation each time they need as a consequence of psychological fatigue. This is nationwide responsibility, you can’t ask for relaxation identical to that,” he added.