Sunrisers Hyderabad batter Ishan Kishan secured his maiden hundred in the Indian Premier League during the SRH vs RR clash in Hyderabad. The left-hander brings up his first triple-digit score in IPL in just 45 deliveries which includes 10 boundaries and six sixes.
Ishan Kishan also becomes the first Indian player to score a century for Sunrisers Hyderabad in IPL.
Speaking of the match, Rajasthan Royals won the toss and opted to field first. Abhishek Sharma and Travis Head opened the batting attack for SRH while Fazalhaq Farooqi opened the bowling attack.
The duo continued their IPL 2024 form and made a fierce start by smashing Rajasthan Royals’ bowlers all around the stadium.
Head and Abhishek Sharma as an opening pair in IPL 2024
- Inns: 13
- Runs: 599
- Avg: 49.91
- RR: 13.21
- 100s/50s: 3/1
- HS: 167*
The duo pushed SRH to score 45 runs in just three overs without losing a wicket. Maheesh Theekshana in the first delivery of the fourth over dismissed Abhishek Sharma and drew the first blood for SRH.
Though SRH lost one of the openers at an early stage, their aggression hasn’t gone down a bit. Ishan Kishan and Head contained the momentum and leads SRH to score 94 runs for a wicket loss at the end of the first powerplay.
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Head backs away to send it sailing in typical Travis style—six of the best! 🚀🔥
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Tushar Deshpande in the third delivery of the 10th over dismissed Head for 67 runs and broke the 85 runs stand. At the end of 10 overs, SRH Scored 135 runs for two-wicket loss.
Nitish Reddy joined hands with Kishan and started to carry the innings forward but Theekshana in the 15th over dismissed Reddy for 30 runs. On the other hand, Ishan Kishan continued his aggression with the bat and continued to secure his maiden IPL century.
At the end of 20 overs, SRH scored 286 runs for 6 wickets loss and registered the second highest team score in IPL history.
