This incident happened in the eighth over of the second innings, when leg spinner Zishan Ansari was bowling. Kishan looked in great form in the beginning and hit two sixes and 2 fours in the first four balls. It seemed that he had completely dominated the bowler, but the situation changed on the very next ball. Ansari bowled a full length ball, on which Kishan went to play a big shot and took an easy catch at deep square leg.
Send off to Ishan Kishan 🤯
During the intra squad match today, Zeeshan Ansari, a bowler for Sunrisers Hyderabad, was seen giving a send off to his own captain Ishan Kishan after dismissing him.
The team atmosphere doesn’t seem to be very good.
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— Stubbsy  (@spideypant_) March 21, 2026
The bowler showed his eyes to Ishaan
Ansari’s reaction as soon as he got the wicket was quite aggressive. He got excited and gave the send-off to Kishan, pointing towards the pavilion. However, Kishan took this entire incident very lightly and walked out of the field smiling. The video of this incident is going viral on social media and fans are seeing it as an example of competition and enthusiasm within the team.
Pat Cummins will not be seen in the initial matches
Meanwhile, a big news related to the team is that Pat Cummins will be out of the initial matches due to injury. Cummins has been battling a lower back stress injury, which has kept him out of the recent Ashes series and parts of the T20 World Cup. In his absence, the team management has made Kishan the interim captain, while Abhishek Sharma has been given the responsibility of vice-captain.
Kishan will captain in the initial matches
The franchise has not made it clear how many matches Cummins will miss, but it is certain that in the initial matches, the command of the team will be in the hands of Kishan. This is a big responsibility for Kishan, but looking at his recent performance he seems fully prepared for it.
Actually, Kishan has been in excellent form in recent times. He played an important role in India’s title win in the T20 World Cup and was the fourth highest run scorer with 317 runs in 9 matches. During this period, his average was 80.25 and strike rate was 199.37, which also included three half-centuries. This is the reason why he also reached number-2 in the ICC T20 rankings.
Apart from this, Kishan has proved his captaincy in domestic cricket also. He led Jharkhand to win its first title of Syed Mushtaq Ali T20 Trophy, which proved his leadership abilities even stronger.
Overall, this incident of the practice match may be small, but it clearly shows the enthusiasm and competition within the team. Now it remains to be seen how Kishan, as captain, converts this energy into team victory.
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