Kishan and his maturity impresses Aaron Finch after Sunrisers Hyderabad beat the Chennai Super Kings yesterday.
Kishan and his maturity were on full display yesterday in SRH’s victory over the Chennai Super Kings.
Ishan Kishan’s scorching century against the Rajasthan Royals kicked off the 2025 Indian Premier League. However, he was only able to produce 33 runs in his following seven innings. There were a few odd dismissals, but there were also some poor shots.
However, Kishan appeared to be getting back to his old self on Friday night. He was dismissed in the opening over of the match, when SRH was chasing 155 against the Chennai Super Kings, following Abhishek Sharma’s duck. He finished with 44 off 34 balls after taking his time, reaching 21 off 20 at one point. Even though the aim was still 65 runs away when he was removed, SRH had won for the third time in nine games thanks to his knock.
“He is one of those players who, if he gives himself time at the start, can take it really deep,” Aaron said of Kishan. “And he did that today. If you see the way he went about his innings, he wasn’t playing anything rash right at the start. He kind of assessed the wicket and then went from there.
“His team must be really pleased. He had a string of really bad scores. I think he scored more runs in this innings than in his last seven innings. He would have been really disappointed not to take it home as it wasn’t like a really good delivery [he got out to]. There was a fielder right there [at deep midwicket] and he hit a straight down his throat.”
Finch echoed Aaron’s views. “His ability to read the situation and not overplay his hand early on and be overly aggressive [stood out]. He made sure he assessed the conditions, which is never easy because you want to maximise the powerplay. On the back of an early wicket, he assessed it and played nicely.”