Ishan Pranav Kumar Pandey Kishan (born 18 July 1998) is an Indian international cricketer who plays for Indian cricket team as a Wicket-keeper batter. He made his international debut in March 2021 against England. He plays for Jharkhand in domestic cricket and Mumbai Indians in the Indian Premier League (IPL). He is a left-handed opening batter. He was the captain of India's squad for the 2016 Under-19 Cricket World Cup.[2][3]
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Full name | Ishan Pranav Kumar Pandey Kishan | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | (1998-07-18) 18 July 1998 (age 24) Patna, Bihar, India | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 5 ft 6 in (168 cm)[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Batting | Left-handed | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Role | Wicket-keeper-batter | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
International information | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
National side |
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ODI debut (cap 235) | 18 July 2021 v Sri Lanka | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Last ODI | 11 October 2022 v South Africa | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
ODI shirt no. | 32 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
T20I debut (cap 84) | 14 March 2021 v England | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Last T20I | 20 November 2022 v New zealand | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
T20I shirt no. | 32 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Domestic team information | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Years | Team | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2014–present | Jharkhand | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2016–2017 | Gujarat Lions | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2018–present | Mumbai Indians | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Career statistics | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: Cricinfo, 11 October 2022 |
Ishan was born in Patna, Bihar. His father Pranav Kumar Pandey, is a builder by profession. Ishan's brother Raj Kishan, supported him in pursuing cricket as career.[4] Due to registration issues between Bihar Cricket Association and the BCCI, Ishan started playing for neighboring state Jharkhand based on advice from a senior player and friend. As per Ishan's coach, his idols are former Indian team captain M.S. Dhoni and former Australian wicket-keeper-batsman Adam Gilchrist.[5][6]
Ishan has a deep connection with Aurangabad (Bihar) district. Ishan's ancestral residence is in Gordiha village under Daudnagar subdivision of Aurangabad district. Ishan's grandmother Savitri Sinha was a civil surgeon in Nawada. After retirement, his grandmother made her home in Nawada itself. While his parents were involved in the pharmaceutical business. Later they all moved to Patna and settled there.[7]
On 6 November 2016, Ishan scored 273 runs against Delhi in the 2016–17 Ranji Trophy. This was the highest score by a player for Jharkhand in the Ranji Trophy.[8][9] He was the leading run-scorer for Jharkhand in the 2017–18 Ranji Trophy, with 484 runs in six matches.[10]
He was the leading run-scorer for Jharkhand in the 2018–19 Vijay Hazare Trophy, with 405 runs in nine matches.[11] In October 2018, he was named in India C's squad for the 2018–19 Deodhar Trophy,[12] scoring a century in the tournament's final.[13] In February 2019, in the 2018–19 Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy, he scored an unbeaten century against Jammu & Kashmir.[14] In the next match, against Manipur, scored 113 not out, to record back-to-back centuries in the tournament.[15]
In August 2019, he was named in the India Red team's squad for the 2019–20 Duleep Trophy.[16][17] In October 2019, he was named in India A's squad for the 2019–20 Deodhar Trophy.[18]
On 20 February 2021, on the opening day of the 2020–21 Vijay Hazare Trophy, Kishan scored 173 runs against Madhya Pradesh.[19] Jharkhand finished their innings on 422/9, the highest total by any team in the Vijay Hazare Trophy.[20]
In 2016, Ishan was bought by Gujarat Lions in the 2016 IPL auction.[21] In 2018, he was bought by the Mumbai Indians in the 2018 IPL auction.[22] He was the highest run-scorer for the Mumbai Indians in the 2020 IPL, with 516 runs from 14 matches[23] and won the most sixes award of the season.[24]
For the 2022 IPL, Ishan was bought by the Mumbai Indians for ₹15.25 crores, making him the second-most expensive Indian player at the auction, behind Yuvraj Singh. Ishan although couldn't perform to justify his price tag in the 2022 IPL but still remains an interesting prospect for Mumbai Indians in future IPLs.[25]
In February 2021, Ishan Kishan was named in India's Twenty20 International (T20I) squad for their series against England.[26] It was his maiden international call-up to the India cricket team.[27] He made his T20I debut for India on 14 March 2021, against England, scoring 56 off 32 before getting out to Adil Rashid.[3] India went on to win the game by seven wickets with Kishan being named as the man of the match.[28]
In June 2021, he was named in India's One Day International (ODI) and Twenty20 International (T20I) squads for their series against Sri Lanka.[29] He made his ODI debut on 18 July 2021, for India against Sri Lanka, scoring 59 off 42 balls.[30] In September 2021, Kishan was named in India's squad for the 2021 ICC Men's T20 World Cup.[31]
In October 2022, Kishan scored an ODI career high of 93 runs in the 2nd of 3 ODI matches against South Africa.[32]
Kishan, the more rounded batter, is 5ft 6in.
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