Ever since Ishan Kishan made Jharkhand win the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy title under his captaincy, it is proving difficult to stop him. While being the captain in that tournament, he had scored the most runs. Now he is performing similar responsibilities in IPL 2026 also. Ishaan, who is commanding Sunrisers Hyderabad in the absence of Pat Cummins, once again destroyed the bowlers this season but was out after coming close to his century. In the match against Rajasthan Royals, Ishaan scored an explosive inning of 91 runs.

Batting first against Rajasthan Royals at their home ground Uppal Stadium in Hyderabad, Sunrisers lost the wicket of star opener Abhishek Sharma early. Abhishek was out on the very first ball of the innings. In such a situation, captain Ishaan had to take charge on the second ball itself, but he not only controlled the team but also counter-attacked and destroyed the Rajasthan bowlers.

Ishaan, who played a tremendous innings of 80 runs in a similar situation in the very first match of this season, did the same this time too. Ishaan, who had failed to score big in the last 3 matches, completed this task against Rajasthan. He completed his half-century in 30 balls. But Ishaan's true form was seen after this when he hit such a rain of fours and sixes that he scored almost 40 runs in the next 13 balls alone.

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The effect of Ishan Kishan's attack was that Rajasthan bowlers yearned for wickets. Whereas Ishaan was moving towards his first century this season. But when he was 9 runs away from the century, he could not play a shot with correct timing on one ball and was out. Ishaan scored 91 runs in his innings of just 44 balls, which included 8 fours and 6 sixes.

The end of the SRH captain's innings was very dramatic. In the 14th over, Ishaan could not play the shot with correct timing against Sandeep Sharma, due to which the ball rose high in the air near the pitch. With great difficulty, they got a chance to dismiss Ishaan, which Rajasthan did not want to waste. Therefore, Sandeep and wicketkeeper Dhruv Jurel ran to take this catch and while trying to take the catch, they collided with each other. However, the relief was that Sandeep did not make any mistake in taking the catch and neither of them got hurt.