Buchi Babu: Kishan hits century for Jharkhand on red-ball comeback

WHEN Ishan Kishan walked out to bat against Madhya Pradesh at the India Cements Cricket Ground, Tirunelveli on Friday for Jharkhand, it was the first time he played a professional red-ball match since the Test against West Indies in Port of Spain last July.

- GOMESH S

A lot had happened in the year that had gone by. Kishan was a part of the Indian team that won the Asia Cup in Sri Lanka, in the squad when the team reached the final of the ODI World Cup and played white-ball cricket against Australia at home and South Africa away. By the time the Test series came along, Kishan had asked for a break due to fatigue — it was reported that he had asked for a break twice since the ODI WC, but didn’t get — and was left out of the squad for the two-match series in the longest format. Then came a whole cycle of events in a short span of time.