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In the first match of the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2026, Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) captain Ishan Kishan batted brilliantly against Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) and played a half-century (80). This was the 18th half-century of his IPL career and the first half-century of IPL 2026, which he completed in 27 balls. His innings not only got SRH out of trouble but also helped the team reach a strong score. Let’s take a look at his statistics.
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How was Ishaan’s innings and partnership?
SRH, who came to bat after losing the toss, had a bad start and suffered 3 setbacks for 29 runs. However, captain Ishaan, who came to bat at number three, pulled the team out of trouble by making a partnership of 97 runs in 53 balls with Heinrich Klaasen (31) for the fourth wicket and also took the score beyond 125. In his innings, he was out after scoring 80 runs in 38 balls with the help of 8 fours and 5 sixes.
Highest innings on captaincy debut for SRH
Kishan has now also become the batsman to play the biggest innings on captaincy debut for SRH. In this matter, he has left behind Manish Pandey, who played an unbeaten inning of 69 runs against Mumbai Indians (MI) in Abu Dhabi in IPL 2021. Similarly, former Australian opener David Warner is at the third position, who played an inning of 53 runs against Chennai Super Kings (CSK) in IPL 2015.
29th batsman to score 3,000 runs in IPL
As soon as Ishaan scored the second run of the innings, he also completed 3,000 runs in his IPL career. He is the 29th batsman to do so. In this list, RCB’s legendary batsman Virat Kohli (8,661) is at the first position. Ishan has represented SRH, Mumbai Indians (MI) and Gujarat Lions in the IPL. He has scored 319 runs in 16 matches for Gujarat and 2,325 runs in 89 matches for MI.
How has Ishaan’s IPL career been?
Kishan played his first IPL match in the year 2016 against Punjab Kings (PBKS). He has played 120 matches so far, scoring 3,078 runs in 113 innings at an average of 29.60 and a strike rate of 138.90. Apart from 18 half-centuries, he has also scored 1 century. In IPL 2025, he scored 354 runs in 14 matches at an average of 35.40. Apart from a half-century, he also scored a century.
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