IPL 2025: Born-again Ishan Kishan leads with ton as SRH fire first salvo | Cricket News – The Times of India

Hyderabad: Ishan Kishan made a sensational debut for his new group on Sunday. A surprising maiden, unbeaten 106 (47b, 11×4, 6×6) by the southpaw arrange final yr’s runners-up Sunrisers Hyderabad’s 44-run win over Rajasthan Royals.
Courtesy the blitzkrieg, SRH racked up the league’s second-highest whole of 286/6, simply shy of their document of 287/3 they set in opposition to Royal Challengers Bengaluru final season. SRH now have essentially the most 250+ totals — 4 — in IPL. Chasing an imposing goal, the guests, who performed into SRH’s arms by inviting them to bat first on a belter, completed at 242/6.
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Ishan, whose first response after being acquired by SRH for Rs 11.25 crore on the mega public sale was to name SRH opener Abhishek Sharma and ask what was anticipated of him, mentioned 300 crossed his thoughts. “In the middle someone came with the message saying that we have to achieve that target. I said I didn’t know we had a target in mind. But, it is good posting such big totals,” mentioned Ishan.

Sunday’s innings may effectively show a large first step for Kishan’s return into nationwide reckoning, after a pair of bleak seasons which will have pressured introspection and a rekindling of ambition. It was such a rollicking begin to his SRH stint that even the Rajasthan Royals batting coach Vikram Rathour had phrases of appreciation — “when someone scores a century of that kind, there is everything to like about it.”
Kishan later mentioned that the flying kisses after reaching his century had been meant for his followers and his brother — Raj Kishan — who was within the stands. The SRH No. 3 credited the group administration for his hurricane knock. “It was important for me to gain confidence from the start. The captain is so supportive, and the coach is on the mark. He told me that if the ball is in my slot, I should go for it. That sort of confidence from your team captain is a big boost,” Ishan mentioned later.
He justified coach Daniel Vettori’s religion by sending the Rajasthan bowlers on a leather-based hunt after SRH’s opening duo of Travis Head and Abhishek Sharma smashed 45 runs in 3.1 overs earlier than Sharma was dismissed by Maheesh Theekshana.

Head plundered 23 runs (4×4, 1×6) off Jofra Archer’s first over, as the Englishman had the ignominy of returning the worst figures within the league. His none for 76 eclipsed Mohit Sharma’s none for 73 for Gujarat.
Kishan and Head took the hosts to 94/1 within the Powerplay and galloped previous 100 in 6.4 overs. Head reached his fifty off 21 deliveries, however two overs later he departed hitting straight to Shimron Hetmyer off Tushar Deshpande. Head and Kishan added 85 off 39 balls as the hosts reached 135/2 on the midway stage. Kishan and Nitish Kumar Reddy (30 off 15b, 4×4, 1×6) by no means took their foot off the pedal.

Kishan clobbered Archer for 3 sixes within the thirteenth over and one other off Farooqi as the hosts reached 200 within the fifteenth over. Heinrich Klaasen then took over, smacking 34 off simply 14 deliveries (5×4, 1×6).
After including 56 runs with Kishan, Klaasen holed out within the penultimate over. But Kishan smashed two sixes and ran a brace in the identical over to achieve his century off 45 deliveries.
At 273/3 in 19 overs, the hosts appeared like getting the best whole general. But Deshpande bowled a superb ultimate over.
Brief scores: SRH 286/6 (Ishan Kishan 106 not out, Travis Head 67, Heinrich Klaasen 34, Nitish Kumar Reddy 30; Tushar Deshpande 3/44) beat RR 242/6 (Dhruv Jurel 70, Sanju Samson 66, Shimron Hetmyer 42, Shubham Dubey 34 not out; Harshal Patel 2/34) by 44 runs.