Vijay Hazare Trophy – Ishan Kishan slams 33-ball ton for Jharkhand against Karnataka

Ravi Singh

4 hours ago

That made it the second-fastest List A century by an Indian (and fourth overall, behind Jake Fraser-McGurk, AB de Villiers and Sakibul Gani).

Gani etched his name into the record books (fastest List A century by an Indian) a few minutes prior to Kishan reaching the milestone, when he brought up his century off just 32 balls as Bihar slammed 574 against Arunachal in a Plate League fixture in Ranchi.

Gani’s innings came after heroics from Vaibhav Suryavanshi, who got to his century off 36 balls and eventually finished with 190 off 84 balls. Suryavanshi also became the youngest List A centurion in all men’s cricket along the way.

The top-three fastest List A hundreds by Indians have all now been brought up on the same day – across two different venues, Ahmedabad and Ranchi.

Kishan, who forced his way back into India’s T20I squad for the New Zealand series and the T20World Cup next month, slammed seven fours and 14 sixes in his knock, finishing with 125 off 39 balls as Jharkhand finished with a mammoth 412 for 8 after being put into bat by Karnataka.

He walked out at No. 6, at the fall of Kumar Kushagra’s wicket at the 38-over mark, and got to his half-century off 20 balls. Then he slammed seven sixes off his two fours off his next 13 deliveries to bring up his century.

“When I was not selected in the Indian team, I felt quite bad because I was doing well,” Kishan had said after helming Jharkhand to the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy title last week. “But I told myself that If I am not selected with this sort of performance, then maybe I have to do more. Maybe, I have to make my team win. Maybe we have to do well as a unit.”

Kishan finished the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy season with 517 runs, becoming only the second player to score a century (off 45 balls) in the tournament final. He also hit an incredible 33 sixes, the most in the tournament.

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