The young Indian opener, Ishan Kishan had a dream debut as he became only the second Indian cricketer to score a fifty on his T20I debut. He played a fiery knock of 56 runs off just 32 balls in the second T20I of the five-match series on Sunday. Former Indian opener, Virender Sehwag took to Twitter to praise the young wicket-keeper batsman who plays domestic cricket for Jharkhand and found a similarity between him and former Indian skipper, MS Dhoni.
Dhoni announced himself at the international stage when he got a chance to bat up the order and similarly Kishan got a chance to open the innings and he took the opportunity with both hands. Sehwag has tweeted, “
Who plays for Jharkhand *
— Virender Sehwag (@virendersehwag) March 14, 2021
Tweeting about the same, Sehwag wrote: “A young keeper batsman from Jharkhand promoted up the batting order and proving his caliber. This has happened before. Loved the fearlessness and attacking batting of Ishan Kishan.”
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Apart from Sehwag other former cricketers were also left in awe of Kishan’s whirlwind knock.
What a dream debut for @ishankishan51 absolutely fearless about his game ! That’s the beauty of playing ipl at a young age you just used to the atmosphere and you go and express your self ! !! And skipper is back with some class of his own !!@imVkohli #ENGvIND t20
— Yuvraj Singh (@YUVSTRONG12) March 14, 2021
Well played @ishankishan51 Loved your fearless approach 👌👌 #INDvENG pic.twitter.com/ELpQLhadyW
— VVS Laxman (@VVSLaxman281) March 14, 2021
Told you all the @mipaltan were better than India … What a debut @ishankishan51 !! #INDvsENG
— Michael Vaughan (@MichaelVaughan) March 14, 2021
Well done team India on the win. Playing 5 bowlers never easy in t20 cricket.Virat managed the bowlers well. Great debut for #IshanKishan good to see Bhuvi bowling well after the string of injuries. #INDvENG
— Irfan Pathan (@IrfanPathan) March 14, 2021
From u-19 to IPL to Team India, Ishan Kishan keeps climbing higher, continues to grow taller.
— Mohammad Kaif (@MohammadKaif) March 14, 2021
Congratulations for a fine debut @ishankishan51 . Truly sparkling innings. #INDvsENG pic.twitter.com/Q7CCK46Dmi
— R P Singh रुद्र प्रताप सिंह (@rpsingh) March 14, 2021
In the second T20Is, Indian bowlers managed to restrict a strong England batting lineup to a below-part score of 164 for six. Shardul Thakur and Washington Sundar managed to scalp a couple of wickets apiece while Yuzvendra Chahal and Bhuvneshwar Kumar also managed to take one wicket each. In reply, India got off to a poor start as they KL Rahul for a duck in the first-over.
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The Indian skipper, Virat Kohli then joined Ishan Kishan in the middle and the duo added 94 runs for the second wicket to set up the win for the hosts. Kohli remained unbeaten on 73 and finished the game with a six over fine leg to level the five-match series 1-1.
