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Hyderabad: In his debut with Orange caps Ishant Kishan’s ton helped Sunrisers Hyderabad to post a massive 286/6 against Rajasthan Royals (RR) at the home ground of Uppal Stadium on Sunday.
A memorable century by wicketkeeper-batter Ishan Kishan on his debut in Orange colours and a half-century by Travis Head helped Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) start off from where they left last season, posting a massive 286/6 against Rajasthan Royals (RR) at the home ground of Uppal Stadium on Sunday.
After Travis (67 in 31 balls, with nine fours and three sixes) laid the foundation for something big, Ishan went all out on RR, scoring 106* in 47 balls, with 11 fours and six sixes. Heinrich Klaasen and Nitish Kumar Reddy also delivered valuable cameos. While Tushar Deshpande was the pick of the bowlers for RR with three wickets, Jofra Archer sunk to a new low, delivering the most expensive spell in IPL history with 76 runs in four overs.
After SRH was put to bat first by RR, who opted to field first, the opening pair of Travis Head and Abhishek Sharma, ‘Travishek’, carried from where they had left off last season.
While Head took down Maheesh Theekshana for a four and six, Abhishek pummelled Fazalhaq Farooqi for five boundaries, including a hat-trick of fours in the third over. Head ended the third over with a six, looting a total of 21 runs.
The 45-run partnership between Head and Abhishek was over as in an attempt to slash a half-tracker by Theekshana, Abhishek was caught by Yashasvi Jaiswal for 24 in 11 balls, with five fours.
Ishan Kishan was next up and he started his journey in orange with two successive fours, bringing up the team’s 50 in 3.4 overs.
SRH raced to the 100-run mark in 6.4 overs.
Ishan was on a rampage, hitting two successive sixes to Sandeep and completing his century in just 45 balls, with 10 fours and six sixes.
SRH ended the proceedings at 286/6 in 20 overs, with Ishan (106* in 47 balls, with 11 fours and six sixes) and skipper Pat Cummins (0*) unbeaten.
