Opening batter Ishan Kishan marked his return to the Duleep Trophy in style, scoring a century for India C in its second-round match against India B on Thursday. Kishan reached his hundred in 121 balls, smashing 14 fours and two sixes along the way.
The 26-year-old had some luck on the first day, surviving two dropped catches in consecutive overs. The first came when he pulled a short ball from Navdeep Saini towards deep backward square leg, where Nitish Kumar Reddy leapt to stop it from clearing the boundary but couldn’t hold on.
In the very next over, Ishan mistimed another pull, this time off Mukesh Kumar. Nitish, now at mid-on, had to turn, run back, and dive for the catch, but once again, it slipped through his hands.
