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India wicketkeeper batter Ishan Kishan has started his County Championship campaign with Nottinghamshire with a fiery half-century against Yorkshire at Trent Bridge Cricket Ground in England. Kishan, who was part of the India A squad against England Lions, was ignored in the Shubman Gill-led side for the five-Test match series of the Tendulkar-Anderson Trophy in England.
On Monday, the southpaw played against a Yorkshire bowling unit featuring international-level talent like England's Dom Bess and New Zealand's Will O'Rourke in his trademark fearless style.
Ishan scored 87 runs in 98 ball, with his knock consisting of 12 fours and a six. His runs came at a strike rate of 88.77.
Kishan signed for Nottinghamshire on a short-term deal covering two County Championship fixtures. He made him eligible for selection for the Championship fixtures against Yorkshire at Trent Bridge and Somerset in Taunton. The wicketkeeper batter is serving as Kyle Verreynne's replacement while the World Test Championship-winning South African is away playing a two-Test series in Zimbabwe.
Ishan, who made his Test debut on July 12, 2023, against West Indies at Roseau, has played two Tests where he managed to score 78 runs in three innings with a fifty. Ishan's most prolific format is ODIs, scoring 933 runs in 27 matches and 24 innings at an average of 42.40, strike rate of 102.19, with a century and seven fifties and best score of 210. Ishan played 32 T20Is for India, where he scored 796 runs at an average of 25.67, with a strike rate of 124.37, with six half-centuries and best score of 89.
After losing out his central contract with the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) last year, Kishan regained it for this year, being placed in the C-grade category. He is featuring in County after a decent outing for Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) in Indian Premier League (IPL) 2025, where he scored 354 runs in 13 innings at an average of 35.40, with a strike rate of over 152, with a century and a fifty.
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