Ishan Kishan: The final match of Duleep Trophy 2026 is being played between the teams of East Zone and South Zone in Chepauk, Chennai. On the first day of this title match, East Zone captain Ishan Kishan batted brilliantly and scored a brilliant century.
Ishan Kishan: The final match of Duleep Trophy 2026 is being played between the teams of East Zone and South Zone in Chepauk, Chennai. On the first day of this title match, East Zone captain Ishan Kishan batted brilliantly and scored a brilliant century. On the first day of the match, Kishan has pushed the South Zone team on the back foot with his captaincy innings. By the end of the first day’s play, Ishaan played an unbeaten inning of 111 runs in 135 balls, which included 14 fours and 2 sixes.
Ishan Kishan scored a century
In this ongoing title match in Chepauk, East Zone captain Ishan Kishan won the toss and decided to bat first. This decision of his also proved to be wise. In the first innings, the East Zone batsmen gave a stormy performance and pushed the opposition team on the backfoot. Ishan Kishan, who came to bat at number five, played the captaincy innings in the first innings and completed his century in just 122 balls with the help of 12 fours and 1 six.
Ishaan played shots all around the field
Let us tell you, this is Ishan Kishan’s tenth century in first class cricket. At the same time, this is his second century in the history of the tournament. Two years ago, Ishaan played a brilliant inning of 111 runs while playing for India C in Anantapur. In this ongoing final match against South Zone, Ishaan played shots all around the field. By the end of the first day’s play, he played an unbeaten inning of 111 runs in 135 balls, which included 14 fours and 1 six.
East Zone scored 385 runs on the first day
After winning the toss and batting first, Ishan Kishan’s team East Zone performed brilliantly on the very first day. Abhimanyu Easwaran and Vaibhav Suryavanshi made a century partnership for the first wicket. After this, Shikhar Mohan took charge and played a brilliant inning of 85 runs. Thanks to the strong performance of its batsmen, East Zone has scored 385 runs after losing 4 wickets by the end of the first day’s play.