Main Jharkhand from the entrance, the skipper was at his brutal greatest 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 Take a look at debut for India within the tour of West Indies in July 2023, Ishan appeared a category aside, mixing warning and aggression seamlessly.
Earlier, Madhya Pradesh had been bundled out for 225 with Shubham S Kushwah (84) top-scoring for the aspect.
With the two-Take a look at collection towards Bangladesh set to start from September 19 at residence, Ishan knock comes as a superb headache for the selectors. The squad for the collection is but to be introduced.
Ishan will subsequent characteristic in Duleep Trophy which can be performed from September 5-24. The match is prone to see different Indian regulars.
Earlier this yr, BCCI didn’t embrace Ishan within the annual central contracts after he ignored board’s directive to take part in home cricket.
Final yr, 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 collection.
