Ishan Kishan gives a shut up call to BCCI with a Man of the Match performance in Buchi Babu Tournament 2024

Discarded India wicketkeeper-batter Ishan Kishan shone on his return to the red-ball format in the ongoing Buchi Babu Tournament 2024. Kishan scored a brilliant hundred in Jharkhand's first innings against Madhya Pradesh to help his team take a valuable first-innings lead.

Kishan did stop here and even contributed in Jharkhand's second innings as well. Continuing from where he left in the first innings, he went on to score a valuable 41 off 58 balls to take Jharkhand past the finishing line.

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Ishan Kishan adjudged Player of the Match on red-ball return

Kishan was adjudged Player of the Match for his brilliance with the bat in both the innings. He top-scored for Jharkhand in both the innings of the match.

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Ishan Kishan looked positive with the bat

In the first innings, Ishan Kishan was aggressive right from the start and batted positively. His ability to hit sixes was on the fore as he consistently put the bowlers under pressure with his power-hitting. The left-hander was equally good against both pace and spin bowling.

He looked like his usual best for most of the innings and took his team out of a precarious situation. He took Madhya Pradehsh's spinners apart by using his feet and the ability to clear the ropes easily.

He scored 114 off just 107 balls and hit 5 fours and 10 sixes during his knock. Although he had been dismissed, but his innings allowed Jharkhand to take a valuable first-innings lead. Apart from Kishan, none of the Jharkhand batters could even reach the 40-run mark in the innings.

In the fourth innings of the match, Jharkhand were set a target of 174 runs to win the match. Although they started steadily but lost their way in between. Skipper Ishan Kishan came to the rescue once again as he smashed a brilliant 41* off 58 balls, with 1 four and 2 sixes.

Ishan Kishan finished off the game with 2 sixes in 3 balls

With 11 needed and 2 wickets remaining, the 26-year-old took his team past the winning line in style with two sixes in three balls. Kishan's aggressive approach is a great sign for his chances of coming back into the Indian team, although, the selectors will want him to show a bit more consistency.

Ishan Kishan has gone through a lot in the one year or so. He was in India's squad that won the Asia Cup 2023 and finished as the runner-up in the ODI World Cup 2023. Although Kishan wasn't a regular part of the Playing XI, he featured in a few matches in both tournaments and played crucial knocks.

However, he decided to leave India's South Africa tour midway citing mental fatigue. As a result, he was told to play domestic cricket for Jharkhand to win his place back in the national side.

But Kishan did not play in the Ranji Trophy last season and was instead found to be training privately with his IPL captain Hardik Pandya. The selectors, seemingly unhappy with his behaviour decided to remove him from the BCCI's annual central contracts list.