This player played only seven matches in two seasons to Chennai Super Kings and now this player will be seen playing for two-time winner Kolkata Knight Riders.
Narayan Jagdishan has been bought by KKR. (File pic)
Chennai Super Kings is one of the most successful teams in Indian Premier League (IPL) history. This team has a captain like Mahendra Singh Dhoni who knows how to make players. But a player of this team was in such a condition that he wanted to pick up the bag and return home. But he did not do so. Kept courage and the result was that IPL franchisees came in the eyes of showing strong game in domestic cricket. He was bought by Kolkata Knight Riders in the IPL-2023 auction. This player is Narayan Jagdishan.
Jagadishan was a part of Chennai Super Kings since 2018. He got a chance to debut in 2020 and this season he played five matches scoring just 33 runs at an average of 16.50. And in 2022, he got two chances. Jagdishan scored a total of 40 runs in these two matches. But Jagdishan recently scored a lot in domestic cricket. He scored five consecutive centuries in the Vijay Hazare Trophy, one of which was a double century. For this reason, he was in the eyes of IPL franchises.
Motivated myself like this
Jagdishan has been joined by Kolkata for 90 lakh rupees. After being bought at the auction, Jagadeesan recalled the time he spent on the bench in Chennai. He told the English newspaper The Indian Express, “It is very difficult. There was a time when I was feeling very weak. To be honest, I had even thought about packing my backpack and going home. The thing that motivated me was to keep working hard. When I was not playing, I used to think that this is the time when I can push myself mentally. You can’t let your mind go anywhere else.”
He said, “When you are in trouble, work hard. Last IPL season and before that season played in Dubai, then I said that if I don’t get to play any match then it is fine, but make sure that I work hard in the gym, work hard in the nets.
persuaded the mind like this
Jagdishan said that he convinced his mind by accepting the truth. He said, “As a cricketer, you do not want to be dropped from the IPL. It was about separating you completely. You do not want this to happen. But later I realized that I have to accept things and reconcile with it. After that I realized that I am happy because I have three months to work hard.