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Venue- Zohur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium, Chittagong [December 10, 2022].
Virat Kohli is a superstar of the game. Whenever he scores a hundred, everything else gets overshadowed. However, there was one such game wherein Virat scored a century, and there was someone else who got all the attention. Who was he? He was Ishan Kishan.
In the third ODI against Bangladesh in Chittagong, Ishan Kishan scored a massive 210 off just 131 deliveries. Interestingly, it was his maiden ODI ton, which also became the quickest double ton in the history of ODI cricket. It was unfortunate that Ishan was dismissed in the 36th over, or else there would have been a possibility of seeing the first triple hundred in ODI cricket. Apart from Kishan, Kohli too scored a magnificent 113 as the Indian batsmen made a mess of the Bangladeshi bowling lineup. Kohli, who has not hit an ODI hundred since August 2019, found his mojo back as he hit his 44th ODI ton. It was an instance of classic ODI batsmanship by Kohli, but he his innings got eclipsed by the performance of our own pocket dynamo, Ishan Kishan. Ishan was truly possessed that day.
Despite the disappointment of Ishan Kishan not getting 300, everyone felt that we have got a new power hitter who would rule international cricket in the coming decades. The shots he played that day impressed everyone. Not only did he find gaps in the ground, but also he was not shy to hit the ball out of the park.
2023 also saw Ishan make his Test debut, and he also made it to the 2023 World Cup squad. Everything looked perfect. However, his indiscipline and indifference with BCCI didn't go well with the board, as he was dropped from the team. Initially it appeared that it was just the England series from which he has been dropped, and he will be back in the next series. Unfortunately, since November 2023, he has been nowhere near the squad. Moreover, looking into the current situation, it appears impossible for a comeback in the Indian jersey. It will be quite sad if we don't see Ishan again in the Indian Cricket Team. After all, not only is he a talented cricketer, but he is also the one who eclipsed Kohli even when he scored a hundred. Something which has never happened before.
To watch that monumental innings of Ishan Kishan, Click Here.
To watch the innings of Virat Kohli, Click Here.
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