{"id":23222,"date":"2026-06-18T15:47:17","date_gmt":"2026-06-18T10:17:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/he-will-do-whatever-job-you-ask-ex-england-spinners-massive-praise-for-indias-unsung-hero-cricket-news\/"},"modified":"2026-06-18T15:47:17","modified_gmt":"2026-06-18T10:17:17","slug":"he-will-do-whatever-job-you-ask-ex-england-spinners-massive-praise-for-indias-unsung-hero-cricket-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/he-will-do-whatever-job-you-ask-ex-england-spinners-massive-praise-for-indias-unsung-hero-cricket-news\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;He will do whatever job you ask&#8217;: Ex-England spinner&#8217;s massive praise for India&#8217;s unsung hero | Cricket News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"e9jwa\">\n<div class=\"vdo_embedd\">\n<div class=\"GfdvZ\">\n<section class=\"_bIDB  clearfix id-r-component leadmedia undefined undefined  E9tg9 \" style=\"top:0px\">\n<div class=\"_bIDB\" data-ua-type=\"1\" onclick=\"stpPgtnAndPrvntDefault(event)\">\n<div class=\"ypVvZ\">\n<div class=\"WGttI\"><img src=\"https:\/\/static.toiimg.com\/thumb\/msid-131825493,imgsize-81830,width-400,height-225,resizemode-4\/india-afghanistan-cricket.jpg\" alt=\"'He will do whatever job you ask': Ex-England spinner's massive praise for India's unsung hero\" title=\"India's Ishan Kishan (AP Photo)\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\"\/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"Ta7d_ img_cptn\"><span title=\"India's Ishan Kishan (AP Photo)\">India&#8217;s Ishan Kishan (AP Photo)<\/span><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Former England spinner <a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/topic\/graeme-swann\" styleobj=\"[object Object]\" class=\"\" commonstate=\"[object Object]\" frmappuse=\"1\">Graeme Swann<\/a> heaped praise on <a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/sports\/cricket\/player-profile\/ishan-kishan\/64712\" styleobj=\"[object Object]\" class=\"\" commonstate=\"[object Object]\" frmappuse=\"1\">Ishan Kishan<\/a> after the wicketkeeper-batter&#8217;s sensational century powered India to a dominant 170-run win over Afghanistan in the second ODI in Lucknow, sealing the three-match series with a game to spare.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"6\"\/>Kishan played a stunning knock of 125 from just 79 balls, striking 14 boundaries and seven sixes. His innings formed the backbone of a massive 224-run third-wicket stand with India captain <a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/topic\/shubman-gill\" styleobj=\"[object Object]\" class=\"\" commonstate=\"[object Object]\" frmappuse=\"1\">Shubman Gill<\/a>, who produced a brilliant 154. Their partnership helped India amass 402 before restricting Afghanistan to 232.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"11\"\/><span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"13\"\/>Speaking on JioStar, Swann admired Kishan&#8217;s team-first attitude and his ability to fit seamlessly into any role required by the side.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"17\"\/>\u201cHe is the sort of player who will do whatever job you ask of him without any complaints. The fact that he\u2019s come back into the team and looks like he\u2019s never been away is remarkable,\u201d Swann said.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"19\"\/>The former England spinner also highlighted the way Kishan paced his innings before shifting gears dramatically. According to Swann, the left-hander showed excellent game awareness rather than relying on reckless strokeplay.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"22\"\/>\u201cHe came to the crease and was circumspect for his first fifty, but then took just 19 deliveries to go from 50 to 100, which is ridiculous. It wasn\u2019t crazy hitting or slogging either. He was simply being sensible, picking his spots on the leg side, forcing the bowlers to change their lines, and then playing those gorgeous lofted extra-cover drives.\u201d<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"24\"\/>Swann felt Kishan&#8217;s transformation reflected the hard work he has put into improving specific areas of his batting.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"27\"\/>\u201cIt\u2019s a sign of sheer class. That shot, wide of long-off, is something he\u2019s worked on over the last two years. It was an area where bowlers could shut him down, but he went away, worked on it, and turned it into a strength, which is brilliant,\u201d he added.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"29\"\/>Kishan brought up his hundred in only 71 deliveries and ensured India&#8217;s momentum never slowed. Alongside Gill, he dismantled Afghanistan&#8217;s bowling attack and set up one of India&#8217;s biggest ODI totals in recent years.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"32\"\/>India then completed a comprehensive victory as <!-- -->Arshdeep Singh<!-- --> and Gurnoor Brar picked up three wickets each. Rahmat Shah fought hard with 79, but Afghanistan were eventually bowled out for 232, handing India an unbeatable 2-0 lead ahead of the final ODI in Chennai.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"36\"\/><\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/sports\/cricket\/india-vs-afghanistan\/he-will-do-whatever-job-you-ask-ex-england-spinners-massive-praise-for-indias-unsung-hero\/articleshow\/131825368.cms\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>India&#8217;s Ishan Kishan (AP Photo) Former England spinner Graeme Swann heaped praise on Ishan Kishan after the wicketkeeper-batter&#8217;s sensational century powered India to a dominant 170-run win over Afghanistan in the second ODI in Lucknow, sealing the three-match series with a game to spare.Kishan played a stunning knock of 125 from just 79 balls, striking [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":23223,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[263],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-23222","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sports"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23222","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=23222"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23222\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/23223"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=23222"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=23222"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=23222"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}