Ishan Kishan in the final of Duleep Trophy The bat flew fiercely. In this match being played against South Zone, Kishan, who was captaining the East Zone, played a brilliant inning of 270 runs. Apart from him, Kumar Kushagra also scored a brilliant century. Thanks to this innings of both, the East Zone team scored 708 runs.
Kishan achieved a big achievement during his innings. He has become the fifth batsman to score a double century in the final of Duleep Trophy. He completed his double century by hitting a four off the ball of Devdutt Padikkal. This is his first double century in first class cricket.
Which batsmen scored centuries in Duleep Trophy?
Raman Lamba scored 320 runs against West Zone in 1987-88, Anshuman Gaikwad scored 216 runs against North Zone in 1987-88, Cheteshwar Pujara scored unbeaten 256 runs against India Red in 2016-17 and Yashasvi Jaiswal scored 209 runs against South Zone in 2022-23. Now Ishan Kishan scored 270 runs against South Zone.
Kishan hit 30 fours and 7 sixes in his innings.
Kishan faced 334 balls in his innings of 270 runs. During this period, he hit 30 fours and 7 sixes with his bat. Apart from them, Abhimanyu Easwaran scored 72, Vaibhav Suryavanshi 44, Shikhar Mohan 85, Sudeep Gharmi 6, Kumar Kushagra scored 101 and Anukul Roy scored 45 runs.