Ishan Kishan, the young wicketkeeper batter who was called up to the Test team for the first two matches against Australia, recalled the moment he told his father the news.
In a conversation with Shubhman Gill about his first Test call-up and excitement to play red-ball cricket, Kishan revealed that when he told his father about his Test call, his father said, "The real challenges are in the test. You must work hard like this ".
"I am very happy. Whenever I was doing well in white-ball cricket my father used to say that Test cricket is the real deal. He says that Test has the real challenges, it tests the skills of batters and it is a big thing to play Test cricket," Ishan revealed in a video posted by the Board of Control for Cricket (BCCI) on Twitter.
"I am very happy to make it to the Test team, because people perceive it as the real game. I will try hard to do well. I called home and told them the news. My dad was hyped up and told me to work hard like this," he added.
Last month, the 24-year-old entered the record books after scoring a scintillating 210 off 131 deliveries against Bangladesh and paved his way to the illustrious list of double centurions in ODI cricket that includes Sachin Tendulkar, Virender Sehwag, Rohit Sharma, Chris Gayle, Martin Guptill and Fakhar Zaman. His double-century was also the fastest in ODI history.
India will host a four-match Test series against Australia, with the first Test scheduled for February 9 in Nagpur, followed by a three-match ODI series beginning March 17.