Ishan Kishan left everyone stunned with his sensational batting display as the ignored Indian cricket team batter slammed a 45-ball century for Sunrisers Hyderabad during the IPL 2025 match against Rajasthan Royals on Sunday.

It was a special knock from the wicket-keeper batter as he smashed 11 fours and 6 sixes to score an unbeaten 106 off 47 deliveries. It was Kishan’s first match for SRH after he was bought for Rs 11.5 crore in the mega auction and this knock was a brilliant reminder to the BCCI as the central contracts are expected to be announced after the tournament. Kishan was not included in the central contracts list in 2024 for missing domestic cricket but his performance for SRH was sensational.

Kishan’s unbeaten 47-ball 106, his maiden IPL hundred, and Travis Head’s typically aggressive fifty guided Sunrisers Hyderabad to an imposing 286 for six against Rajasthan Royals on Sunday.

Head clubbed 67 off 31 balls (9x4s, 3x6s), while Ishan stormed his way to 11 fours and 6 sixes as SRH posted the first 250-plus total of this IPL season. Along the way, Head crossed 4000 T20I runs and Heinrich Klaasen went past 1000 IPL runs.

Royals’ pacer Jofra Archer conceded 76 runs in his fours to post the most expensive spell in the IPL history.

He went past Mohit Sharma’s 4-0-73-0 in 2024.

(With PTI inputs)