Ishan Kishan has become the first captain to score a century in the final of Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy. Jharkhand captain Ishan scored 101 runs at a strike rate of 206.12 in the title match against Haryana. Batting first, the team did not have a good start, the first wicket in the form of Virat Singh fell in the very first over.
In the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy 2025 final, Haryana captain Ankit Kumar won the toss and decided to bowl first. Anshul Kamboj dismissed Jharkhand opener Virat Singh for 2 runs in the very first over. After this, Ishan Kishan and Kumar Kushagra made a brilliant partnership of 177 runs. Ishan Kishan was bowled by Sumit Kumar in the 15th over, but before that he had already created history.
Ishan Kishan is the first captain to do so
Ishan Kishan has become the first captain to score a century in the final of Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy. Overall he is the second batsman to do so. In the final against Haryana, he completed his half century in 24 balls.
When he was playing on 94 runs, he completed his century by hitting a six on the fourth ball of the 14th over bowled by Anshul Kamboj. Ishaan hit 10 sixes and 6 fours in this historic innings of 101 runs played in 49 balls.
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Ishan Kishan with a magnificent hundred in the #SMAT final 💯
The Jharkhand captain walks back for 1⃣0⃣1⃣(49) 👏
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Jharkhand captain Ishan Kishan also became the first player to complete 500 runs in Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy 2025. He has scored 517 runs in 10 innings, which includes 2 centuries and 2 half-centuries. His biggest inning is 113 not out, which he played against Tripura.
In the final of Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy, Jharkhand, batting first, scored a huge score of 262 runs in 20 overs. Till the time of writing the news, Haryana has scored 35 runs after losing 2 wickets in 4 overs.
