Ishan Kishan marked his return to the Duleep Trophy in model, scoring a century for India C in its second-round match in opposition to India B on Thursday. Kishan reached his hundred in 121 balls, smashing 14 fours and two sixes alongside the best way.
The 26-year-old had some luck on the primary day, surviving two dropped catches in consecutive overs. The primary got here when he pulled a brief ball from Navdeep Saini in the direction of deep backward sq. leg, the place Nitish Kumar Reddy leapt to cease it from clearing the boundary however couldn’t maintain on.
Within the very subsequent over, Ishan mistimed one other pull, this day off Mukesh Kumar. Nitish, now at mid-on, needed to flip, run again, and dive for the catch, however as soon as once more, it slipped by means of his arms.
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Earlier within the day, Ishan was added late into the India C squad. Sportstar understands that he joined the staff on Wednesday and was additionally a part of the apply session.
Kishan had been dominated out of the primary spherical of the Duleep Trophy as a result of a groin damage. He sustained the damage throughout the Buchi Babu Match in Tamil Nadu, the place he performed two matches for Jharkhand—his first multi-day video games in over a 12 months.