Contract took away, out of Team India, Mumbai left with … Now Ishaan Kishan showed Dum – Ishan Kishan Maiden IPL Century, Waiting for this Knock after Joins Sunrisers Hyderabad Ntcpan

Ishaan Kishan has become the first batsman to score a century in IPL 2025 and he has scored a bang in just 45 balls. This time Kishan has come out to play for Hyderabad Sunrisers (SRH) and in its very first match of the season, SRH has registered a big victory against Rajasthan Royals (RR). Ishaan Kishan’s innings is a response to the critics in a way and after a century, his celebration on the field was also testifying this.

Out from central contract

Kishan has not played any international match for about one and a half years and played the last T20 match against Australia in November 2023. After this, he had to face allegations of discipline when he left the tour in the middle of South Africa and in 2024, BCCI ended his central contract. He was also accused of not paying attention to domestic cricket and he was shown the way out of Team India. Not only this, before the mega auction for the 18th season of IPL, Mumbai Indians (MI) also showed them the way out and did not even try to buy it again in the auction.

In such a situation, Sunrisers Hyderabad worked to open a closed door of luck for Kishan, which is facing a challenge from all sides. The franchise bought Kishan by bidding 11.25 crores and expressed confidence in him. Ishaan’s entry in the team adorned with top class batsmen like Travis Head, Abhishek Sharma, Heinrich Klassen added four moons. Ishaan Kishan has also made his presence felt in the first match and due to his rapid innings, SRH managed to score 286 runs in IPL history. The biggest score 287 is also the name of this team.

Setstone after more than 100 matches

After being out of Team India, Ishaan Kishan sweated fiercely in the domestic cries and played a brilliant innings playing List-A match for Jharkhand. But he was waiting for the IPL to prove himself, which is over today. By the way, Kishan has scored 2750 runs in 106 IPL matches played so far at a strike rate of 137.98 and an average of 29.57. But his first century has now come, before that his highest score was 99, which was made while playing for Mumbai. However, he also has 16 half -centuries in the IPL.

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After his century innings, Ishaan Kishan said that he was feeling very nervous before the batting but captain Pat Cummins and the coach encouraged. I have worked hard to improve the batting and today it was on the field. Ishaan said that the start of Abhishek and Head had increased the confidence of the batsmen sitting in the dugout. The pitch looked good for batting and the captain had asked to play fearlessly. The most important thing is that Ishaan Kishan is the first Indian batsman to score a century from Sunrisers and before that only foreign players have scored a century from the team.