Ishan Kishan has scored a brilliant hundred against Kerala in the Group C match of the ongoing Ranji Trophy 2022-23. He scored 132 off 195 balls which included eight sixes and nine fours. Courtesy his innings, Jharkhand scored 340/10 in their first innings. The left-handed batter has continued his blazing form with the bat after hitting fastest ever double century in ODIs against Bangladesh, just five days ago.
Jharkhand were 114/4 and reeling under pressure when Kishan came in to bat. He stitched a crucial 202-run partnership with Saurabh Tiwary(97 off 229 balls) to bail his side out of trouble. Kishan was dismissed when Jharkhand were 329/6. After his dismissal, the team fell like a house of cards and lost the other four wickets for just 11 more runs added to the total. Kerala's Jalaj Saxena got a fifer in the innings as they attained a 135-run lead in the first innings.
Earlier Kerala won the toss and opted to batt first and they scored 475/10 with middle-order batter Akshay Chandran hitting 150 off 268 balls and captain Sanju Samson playing a cameo of 72 off 108 balls. Jharkhand's Shahbaz Nadeem was the highlight of the bowling as he dismissed five batters.
{{/usCountry}}Earlier Kerala won the toss and opted to batt first and they scored 475/10 with middle-order batter Akshay Chandran hitting 150 off 268 balls and captain Sanju Samson playing a cameo of 72 off 108 balls. Jharkhand's Shahbaz Nadeem was the highlight of the bowling as he dismissed five batters.
{{/usCountry}}Five days ago, Kishan had set new benchmarks with his surreal knock of 210 off 131 balls including 10 massive sixes and 24 fours in the third One-Day International(ODI) against Bangladesh. He had become the youngest ever batter to hit a double ton in ODIs and the first batter to convert his maiden century into a double hundred. After his sensational knock, the left-handed batter climbed 117 spots to 37th place in the latest ICC rankings released on Wednesday.