Ishan Kishan Hits Century In SMAT 2025 Final: In the final match of Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy 2025 (SMAT), Jharkhand captain Ishan Kishan created a stir with his explosive batting. Kishan completed his century in just 45 balls, playing a brilliant innings in the title match played against Haryana at the Maharashtra Cricket Association Stadium in Pune. Thanks to this brilliant century innings of Kishan, Jharkhand won the match by 69 runs.
Ishan Kishan played explosive innings
Ishan Kishan batted explosively in the final match and scored a lot of runs from the boundary, due to which Haryana’s bowlers did not get any chance to get set. Kishan scored a total of 101 runs in his 49-ball innings, which included 10 brilliant sixes and 6 fours around the ground. This means that he has scored 84 runs of his innings only with the help of fours and sixes.
Leading from the front!
Ishan Kishan with a magnificent hundred in the #SMAT final 💯
The Jharkhand captain walks back for 1⃣0⃣1⃣(49) 👏
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More than 500 runs in SMAT 2025 season
The entire season of SMAT 2025 has been quite brilliant for Ishan Kishan, where he has proved himself with both batting and captaincy responsibilities. In this tournament, Kishan showed an excellent balance of consistency and aggression and while opening for Jharkhand, he gave a flying start to the team in almost every match.
Including this century in the final, Ishaan has scored more than 500 runs this season, which includes two brilliant centuries and two half-centuries. Kishan’s strike rate remained around 190 throughout the season.
Will Kishan return to Team India now?
In the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy 2025 (SMAT), Ishan Kishan has made Jharkhand the champion of this tournament for the first time by performing brilliantly in both his batting and captaincy. At the same time, with this performance, he has greatly strengthened his claim for the Indian national team and the upcoming IPL. Now it remains to be seen how long the selectors will bring Ishan Kishan back to Team India.
