Rural Development Trust Stadium: Ishan Kishan made a sparkling return to domestic red-ball cricket by hitting 111 off 126 deliveries and take India C to 357/5 in 79 overs at stumps on day one of their Duleep Trophy second round match against India B at the Rural Development Trust Stadium “B” on Thursday.
Left-handed wicketkeeper-batter Kishan was a late inclusion into the India C side, as he linked up with them on the eve of the game. He previously missed first round game for India D due to a groin injury which needed rehabilitation in Bengaluru, with Sanju Samson named as his replacement that time.
Kishan was dominant while hitting his seventh first-class century laced with 14 fours and three sixes while sharing a 189-run stand for the third wicket with Baba Indrajith, who made 78 off 136 balls, also his second half-century in three innings. For India B, pacer Mukesh Kumar took 3-76, allowing the team to come back at the end after India C dominated the day through its batters.
