Kishan's father said that he felt the batter was a tad too aggressive during his knock.
Kishan hammered the fastest double century in ODIs in just 126 balls and at 24 years 145 days, became the youngest to achieve the milestone. He also scored the fastest 150 for India in ODIs and hit 24 fours and 10 sixes in his knock.
As Ishan Kishan was taking apart the Bangladesh bowling attack on Saturday, his father remained glued to the TV screen at their Patna residence, praying that he does not throw away his wicket and believed that his son was a tad too “aggressive".
“After he had scored 93 against South Africa, I told him that he should have held his horses, coming so close to the three-figure knock. It would have served his team better besides helping him achieve the landmark. Today, I would have been very happy with a ton. But he has left me overwhelmed with joy,” Pranav Kumar Pandey was quoted as saying by PTI.
Pointed out that his son took only 126 balls to achieve the feat, breaking the record previously held by West Indies great Chris Gayle, he replied with a mix of fondness and caution, “Haan, thoda sa aggressive ho gaya tha (yes he was a bit too aggressive)."
Kishan’s mother Suchitra, however, insisted that he has always been gutsy, recalling that at a school-level tournament he had returned with a bleeding face but was back at the crease on the very next day with stitches on.
Ishan’s grandmother Savitri Devi distributed sweets at the family’s ancestral home in Nawada district as wishes poured in from all sides.