A young gun who became the fastest Indian to score a double century, joining the elite 200-run club after Sachin Tendulkar, Virender Sehwag, and Rohit Sharma.
His name is Ishan Kishan, and we will share his journey.
Boyhood
Ishan was born on 18th July 1998 in Patna, Bihar. His father’s name is Pranav Kumar, who is a builder by profession, and his mother’s name is Suchila Kishan, who is a homemaker. Ishan has an elder brother named Raj Kishan.
When Ishan was 7 years old, he started playing cricket and was very talented, but he was not serious about the game, and his brother also used to play cricket at that time.
One day, their father asked them to make a choice between themselves– one would pursue cricket, while the other would choose a different path in life.
Raj gave up his cricketing career, and Ishan carried on with the game in all seriousness.
From the childhood Ishan didn’t like to study because he was passionate about cricket and used to play in school as well.
Ishan used to do his practice at Moin-UL-Haq Stadium in Patna.
Due to some issues that were going on with Bihar Cricket Associastion (BCA) and Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) at that time.Ishan started playing for his neighbouring state Jharkhand.
Domestic career
On 6 November 2016, Kishan scored 273 runs against Delhi in the 2016–17 Ranji Trophy, setting a new record for a player for Jharkhand in the competition.
He was the leading run-scorer for Jharkhand in the 2017–18 Ranji Trophy, with 484 runs in six matches and in the 2018–19 Vijay Hazare Trophy, with 405 runs in nine matches.
In October 2018, he was named in the India C squad for the 2018–19 Deodhar Trophy, where he scored a century in the tournament’s final.
In Feburary 2019, in the edition of Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy (SMAT) season 2018-19 he scored 2 back to back centuries against Jammu and Kashmir and Manipur in the tournament.
In August 2019, he was selected for India’s Red Squad for 2019-20 Duleep Trophy and for India-A squad in October.
In October 2024, Ishan Kishan was appointed captain of the Jharkhand cricket team for the 2024–25 Ranji Trophy season following the retirement of Saurabh Tiwary.
In August 2025, he was selected to lead the East Zone cricket team as the captain in 2025–26 Duleep Trophy.
In the 2025–26 Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy, Ishan Kishan captained Jharkhand and led the team to win their first-ever Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy title by defeating Haryana by 69 runs.
Kishan scored 101 runs off 49 balls and shared a 177-run partnership with Kumar Kushagra in 82 balls.
With this innings, Kishan became the second player to score a century in a Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy final and the first captain to achieve this feat.
He also finished the tournament as the leading run-scorer, amassing 517 runs at an average of 57.44 and a strike rate of 197.32, and hit the most sixes in the competition (33).
International career
In February 2021, Ishan was named in India’s Twenty20 International (T20I) squad for their home series against England.
It was his maiden international call and he went on to make his debut on 14 March 2021, scoring 56 from 32 balls, where he won the player of the match award.
He made his ODI debut on the Sri-Lanka tour in July, scoring 59 from 42 balls.
In September he was named in India’s squad for the 2021 ICC Men’s T20 World Cup.
In December 2022 he became the youngest as well as fastest player to score a double century in an one day international (ODI) against Bangladesh.
He scored 210 runs from 131 balls, reaching the 200-run mark in 126 deliveries to beat Chris Gayle’s record of 138 balls, adding 290 runs for the second wicket with Virat Kohli.
He also became the first player to convert a maiden ODI century into a double century, and the fourth Indian player to score a double century in an ODI.
In September 2023, Kishan was selected in India’s squad for 50-over World Cup, Replacing regular opnener Shubhman Gill.
After the World Cup tournament, he was not getting chances in the team, so he decided to take a break from cricket. The BCCI asked him to play domestic matches, but due to mental fatigue, he declined.
After that, the BCCI terminated his contract until he played domestic cricket, and when he started playing domestic cricket again, he got his contract back.
After an absence of over two years from the national side, Kishan made his return to the Indian team during the first T20I against New Zealand at Nagpur in January 2026, Playing his first match in 785 days.
Kishan scored 76 runs off 32 balls in the second T20I against New Zealand at Raipur.
He is currently selected for T20I World Cup 2026 Squad.
IPL Career
In 2016, Kishan was bought by Gujarat Lions in the 2016 IPL auction and he was retained for the next year also.
In 2018, he was bought by the Mumbai Indians in the 2018 auction.In which he scored 275 runs at a strike rate of 150 on his first season for MI.
In IPL 2020, It was a breakthrough tournament for him, he scored 516 runs and was MI’s highest run scorer for them in that season and won the award for hitting the most sixes during the season.
Ahead of the 2022 IPL, Kishan was bought again by Mumbai for ₹15.25 crore , making him the second-most expensive Indian player at the auction after Yuvraj Singh.
He was again retained by Mumbai Indians for 2023 and 2024 IPL.
In 2024 November, he was bought by Sunrisers Hyderabad in 2025 IPL auction.
He scored his first Indian Premier League century in his debut for Sunrisers Hyderabad against Rajasthan Royals in 2025.
