Before the T20 World Cup, he scored a stormy century in 33 balls, teams around the world are in awe of this Indian batsman.

Vijay Hazare Trophy 2025-26 has started with records and stormy innings. On the very first day, the batsmen showed such brilliance that domestic cricket suddenly came into limelight. After Bihar’s young Vaibhav Suryavanshi and captain Saqibul Ghani, Ishan Kishan has now become the center of discussion. Playing for Jharkhand, Ishan Kishan made it clear by scoring a century in just 33 balls that he is not going to take his return to Team India lightly.

Ishaan’s havoc in front of Karnataka

The match was played between Karnataka and Jharkhand at Narendra Modi Stadium (B Ground) in Ahmedabad. Karnataka is the defending champion of this tournament, but its bowlers looked helpless in front of Ishan Kishan. Ishaan came to bat at number six and adopted an aggressive style as soon as he came. He completed his half-century in just 20 balls and after that increased the pace further. Ishaan did not stop even after completing his century in 33 balls. He scored 125 runs in a total of 39 balls. During this, 7 fours and 14 skyscraper sixes came from his bat.

The news about the bowlers was very good

Ishan Kishan targeted fast bowler Vijaykumar Vaishak the most. Ishaan scored 40 runs in just 11 balls. Apart from this, Ishaan completely turned the match towards Jharkhand by scoring 25 runs in one over of Vidyadhar Patil and 24 runs against Abhilash Shetty.

Special list of fastest centuries in List A cricket

This innings of Ishan Kishan includes him in the list of batsmen who have scored the fastest List A century in India. Now his name is at second place in this list.

1. Saqibul Ghani- century in 32 balls
2. Ishan Kishan- Century in 33 balls
3. Anmolpreet Singh- century in 35 balls
4. Vaibhav Suryavanshi- century in 36 balls
5. Yusuf Pathan- century in 40 balls

Return to Team India after two years

27 year old Ishan Kishan has not been a part of Team India for the last 2 years. He played his last international match in 2023. Recently he has been selected in the team of T20 World Cup 2026. This was his first match in Vijay Hazare Trophy and he made it memorable. This is Ishaan’s seventh century in List A cricket. Before this, he has also scored a double century in ODI cricket.