Explosive left-handed batsman Ishan Kishan is in great form in the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy (SMAT). This season he had already scored 2 half-centuries and one century. Captain Ishan Kishan, playing for Jharkhand team against Haryana on Thursday, batted brilliantly and scored 101 runs in just 49 balls. With this inning of 10 sixes and 6 fours, Ishan Kishan has equaled his Sunrisers Hyderabad teammate Abhishek Sharma. Both of them have scored five centuries each in SMAT.
In this season of SMAT, Ishan Kishan had scored 113 runs against Tripura, 93 runs against Saurashtra, 63 runs against Madhya Pradesh and 47 runs against Punjab.
With this century, Ishan Kishan has equaled Abhishek Sharma in the list of batsmen who have scored most centuries in SMAT. Now Abhishek and Ishaan have scored 5 centuries each. Ishan Kishan has scored a total of 1977 runs with the help of 5 centuries and 8 half-centuries in 62 innings of 64 matches between 2014 and 2025. Whereas, Abhishek Sharma has played a total of 54 matches in SMAT between 2019 to 2025 and has scored 12 half-centuries along with 5 centuries. After Abhishek and Ishan, Devdutt Paddikal, Unmukt Chand, Rituraj Gaikwad, Urvil Patel and Shreyas Iyer have scored 3 centuries each.
In the final match of Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy, Haryana won the toss but invited Jharkhand to bat first. Jharkhand’s captain took great advantage of this decision of Haryana and took great notice of the bowlers. He scored 101 runs in 49 balls at a strike rate of 206.12. In this innings, Ishaan hit 6 fours and 10 sixes. Kumar Kushagra also supported him well and played an explosive inning of 81 runs in just 38 balls.
Ankul Roy and Robin Minz, who came after the dismissal of Kumar Kushagra and Ishan Kishan, also showed good hands and batted brilliantly in the last overs. Ankul Roy scored 30 runs in 20 balls with the help of 3 fours and 2 sixes. Robin Minz played only 14 balls and scored 31 runs with the help of 3 sixes. Thanks to the quick innings of these two, Jharkhand scored 262 runs after losing 3 wickets in 20 overs.
