Main Jharkhand from the entrance, the skipper was at his brutal finest on Day 2, firing the opposition bowlers to all corners of the park as his aspect ended the day at 277 for 7 batting second.
Coming in at no.6, Ishan started cautiously on his red-ball return, scoring a composed 61-ball half-century. Nevertheless, after elevating his fifty, Ishan went berserk and raised his ton very quickly.
With the assistance of 10 sixes and 5 fours, Ishan smashed 114 off 107 balls and his brutal knock got here at a strike charge of 106.54.
Making his first red-ball look since his Check debut for India within the tour of West Indies in July 2023, Ishan regarded a category aside, mixing warning and aggression seamlessly.
Earlier, Madhya Pradesh have been bundled out for 225 with Shubham S Kushwah (84) top-scoring for the aspect.
With the two-Check sequence towards Bangladesh set to start from September 19 at dwelling, Ishan knock comes as a very good headache for the selectors. The squad for the sequence is but to be introduced.
Ishan will subsequent function in Duleep Trophy which will probably be performed from September 5-24. The event is more likely to see different Indian regulars.
Earlier this 12 months, BCCI didn’t embody Ishan within the annual central contracts after he ignored board’s directive to take part in home cricket.
Final 12 months, Ishan had taken a psychological well being break in December and solely made his return to motion in IPL 2024.
He was then ignored for T20 World Cup and following three white-ball sequence.
