Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh) [India], June 18 (ANI): Following India’s win over Afghanistan within the second ODI, former England spinner Graeme Swann heaped praises on the Indian batter Ishan Kishan, who slammed his quickfire second 50-over ton, saying that the way in which he carried out appeared he by no means went away from the ODI set-up and it was ‘exceptional’.
Kishan, after a dream run in T20Is, which culminated within the ICC T20 World Cup 2026 win, rising as India’s second-highest run-getter, with a fifty within the last, continued his unbelievable type for Males in Blue within the ODIs as properly. In his return to the ODI set-up for the primary time since 2023, Kishan scored a quickfire 34 within the first ODI, earlier than smashing a blistering 79-ball 125 within the second, additionally finishing his 1,000 ODI runs within the course of.
Talking on JioStar ‘Cricket Reside’, Swann spoke on Kishan, declaring that he’s a sort of participant who does a job requested from him with none complaints and identified to his brutal acceleration, reaching from fifty to a century inside simply 19 balls.
‘He’s the kind of participant who will do no matter job you ask of him with none complaints. The truth that he is come again into the staff and appears like he is by no means been away is exceptional. He got here to the crease and was circumspect for his first fifty, however then took simply 19 deliveries to go from 50 to 100, which is ridiculous,’ he stated.
Swann additionally hailed Kishan’s knock as ‘smart’ cricket, including that his photographs weren’t about ‘loopy hitting or slogging’.
‘It was not loopy hitting or slogging both. He was merely being smart, selecting his spots on the leg facet, forcing the bowlers to vary their strains, after which enjoying these beautiful lofted extra-cover drives. It’s a signal of sheer class. That shot, huge of long-off, is one thing he is labored on over the past two years. It was an space the place bowlers might shut him down, however he went away, labored on it, and turned it right into a power, which is good,’ he added.
On Group India’s bench power, he stated that India has a really sturdy home event within the IPL, which retains producing gamers, however somebody out of them misses out. He identified how totally different India is from the remainder of the world, which isn’t in as wealthy within the expertise pool, including that he needs England ‘have been in India’s sneakers’ heading into the Cricket World Cup subsequent 12 months. ‘India has a really sturdy home event within the IPL, which continues to supply gamers, and sooner or later, somebody is at all times going to overlook out. Put your self within the sneakers of different nations world wide that do not have that luxurious and would scrap simply to get their greatest XI on the sector and compete. India has all these gamers vying for a number of spots, and it brings out one of the best in them as a result of they know they can not afford to have a few quiet video games. Rohit was dissatisfied with 48 at present,’ he stated.
‘Usually, for an opener, 48 is an honest rating. However such is the way in which in the meanwhile that you just begin considering he wants an enormous rating. India is in an enviable place proper now, and a whole lot of groups world wide will take a look at them and assume, ‘With a World Cup developing in South Africa, I want we have been of their sneakers,’ he signed off.
Coming to the match, Afghanistan opted to discipline first. However centuries from skipper Gill (154 in 110 balls, with 22 fours and two sixes) and Ishan (125 in 79 balls, with 14 fours and 7 sixes) helped India attain 402 all out in 49.5 overs. Nangeyaliya Kharoti (4/76) and Rashid Khan (3/48) have been the highest wicket-takers for Afghanistan.
Within the chase, Rahmat Shah stood tall with an 89-ball 79, with eight fours and a six. Prime-order batters Rahmanullah Gurbaz (41 in 33 balls, with seven fours and a six) and Sediqullah Atal (42 in 50 balls, with 5 fours and a six) additionally produced stable performances, however it was not sufficient as Brar (3/60), Arshdeep Singh (3/45) and debutant Prince Yadav (2/56) bundled out Afghanistan for 232 runs. (ANI)
