00:00 What is the biggest decision you've made in the last few months?
00:05 I think no sort of decision is made on full autonomy.
00:08 So we can't say it's his decision, obviously as a TO.
00:11 Again, normally, if you look at it over a period of time,
00:14 Tim has finished games for us as well,
00:16 Hardik has done it over the years for us as well.
00:19 So again, at any point in time, anyone with a lot of talent within India,
00:23 he was one that was on the radar for us.
00:26 He has been within the Mumbai setup the last couple of months as well,
00:30 going to England on our developmental tour.
00:33 So it's something that we'd have seen in that guy.
00:35 And he came out and he was very expressive, again a lofted shot.
00:39 We're going to be excited about these things,
00:41 but I thought he had a lot more to offer.
00:43 His calmness, even when we lost that first wicket,
00:46 to continue with that intent, I think is a good start for him.
00:50 But again, this is only the start of something.
00:53 At the end of it, he scored 20-odd.
00:55 So let's give him that space, let him enjoy the moment.
00:57 It's a big occasion for all these guys.
00:59 But as a franchise, we continue to unearth the new talent.
01:03 So hopefully in the future, we can continue with continuity as we go along.
01:07 I don't understand the controversial circumstances, obviously.
01:11 You stated clearly as to why he wasn't playing.
01:13 So again, we need to take that into consideration.
01:16 And everything as a player and as an individual as well.
01:20 Playing international sports is really, really tough.
01:22 It's not very easy, as people will think.
01:24 So again, for him, yes, he didn't score tonight.
01:27 So we can look at all sorts of different things.
01:29 But as I said, it's a long tournament.
01:31 He's an experienced guy within our setup.
01:34 And we expect big things from Ishan.
01:36 He's in a good space. He has been practicing well.
01:38 And he has been doing fairly decently.
01:40 So hopefully, within the next couple of games,
01:42 we can see a great performance from him.
01:45 And then all of you guys will continue to lord his praise when he does that.
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