Ishan Kishan’s stormy comeback in Duleep Trophy: Gave a befitting reply to critics with the bat


Indian cricket team’s powerful left-handed wicketkeeper-batsman Ishan Kishan has surprised everyone with the resonance of his bat as soon as he stepped into red ball cricket after a long time. After going through a long and mentally difficult phase of controversies, injuries and being out of the BCCI’s central contract, Ishan Kishan has made a comeback by scoring a brilliant century in the important match of Duleep Trophy.

As soon as he came on the field, Ishaan batted in his aggressive and fearless style and destroyed the fast bowlers and spinners of the opposing team. Coming to the crease in difficult circumstances, he not only handled his team’s innings but also completed his first-class century by hitting fours and sixes. As soon as he reached the triple-digit mark, Ishaan took off his helmet, waved the bat in the air and looked towards the dressing room to celebrate his emotional comeback. This inning proved that the fighting spirit and hunger for cricket within Ishan Kishan is still the same as before.

After this explosive century of Ishan Kishan, while cricket fans and sports stalwarts across the country were praising him, the most attention on social media was his rumored girlfriend and supermodel. Aditi Hundia K’s reaction attracted. Former Miss India finalist Aditi Hundiya has always been Ishaan’s biggest supporter in every ups and downs of his career.

As soon as Ishan completed his century, Aditi without any delay shared a beautiful picture of Ishan Kishan’s century celebration on her official Instagram handle. Aditi wrote a very emotional and heart touching message of only 4 words with this picture-“So proud of you” And also added a red heart emoji. This short but deep message of Aditi quickly went viral on social media. Fans say that these 4 words are a witness to how strongly people close to Ishaan stood by him when he was going through the most difficult phase of his career.

This comeback of Ishan Kishan is not a normal comeback of an ordinary player, but it is a great example of his personal determination. Last year, Ishaan came into controversy after taking a break from the South Africa tour citing mental fatigue. After this, due to not participating in domestic cricket (Ranji Trophy), BCCI took a tough stand and excluded him and Shreyas Iyer from the annual list of central contracts.

At that time, speculations were being made in the media and cricket circles that Ishan Kishan’s international career was on the verge of ending. But despite all the criticism and trolling, Ishaan did not make any statement publicly. He sweated for hours in the nets at the National Cricket Academy (NCA) and home grounds. Buchi Babu, after scoring a century while captaining in the tournament, now this century in the Duleep Trophy has forever put an end to all the questions raised on his dedication.

This match-winning century by Ishan Kishan has directly created a pleasant headache for Indian cricket team head coach Gautam Gambhir and chief selector Ajit Agarkar. The Indian team has to play important Test series against Bangladesh and New Zealand in the upcoming home season, after which Team India has to go on the much talked about tour of Australia at the end of the year for the 5-match Border-Gavaskar Trophy.

Currently, Rishabh Pant is established as the main wicketkeeper in Test cricket and Dhruv Jurel is also present as the second option. But the X-factor of Ishan Kishan and the aggressive middle-order batsman’s return to form in red-ball cricket has forced the selectors to think that he cannot be kept out of the national team for long. This inning of Ishaan shows that he has the ability to change the course of a Test match by coming at any position.

The relationship between Ishan Kishan and Aditi Hundia has been discussed in cricket circles for many years. Aditi was first seen cheering Mumbai Indians during the final match of IPL 2019, from where she became a national crush overnight on social media. Since then, the two have been spotted together many times at parties, holidays and family events.

Although both of them have never made any formal public announcement regarding their relationship, their deep relationship is not hidden from anyone from the posts and comments made on each other’s achievements on social media. After the century in Duleep Trophy, this latest post of Aditi has once again won the hearts of both the fans, and the fans are hoping that Ishaan will soon be seen wearing the blue jersey and waving the tricolor on the international stage.