By Growing up, Ishan Kishan was advised to move away from Patna to Ranchi if he dreamt of pursuing his cricket career. So, when he was just 12, his family took a tough decision to send him to the neighbouring state where he was picked for Steel Authority of India Ltd. (SAIL) team in the district cricket tournament.
“He was just a boy and his coach and everyone said that if he has to play higher cricket, he should migrate to Ranchi,” Pranav Kumar Pandey, Kishan’s father told The Indian Express in an interview. “His mother was upset but after a lot of discussions, we decided to send him to the neighbouring state. There was some fear in the mind, but Ishan was stubborn to go to Ranchi.”
There, Kishan had to share a room with four other seniors and was put on cleaning and water storing duties since he didn’t know how to cook. This, though, meant that he slept without having a proper meal whenever his seniors used to be out playing cricket in the nights.
