Over 60 of his maximums have come in T20Is for India (Image source: X/@BCCI)
What’s the story
Team India batter Ishan Kishan played another crucial knock in the 2026 ICC T20 World Cup.
On Thursday, the southpaw hit a clutch 18-ball 39 against England in the 2nd semi-final.
Kishan came in when India were 20/1. He shared a terrific 97-run stand alongside Sanju Samson for the 2nd wicket.
Kishan, who hit 2 sixes in his knock, has attained a T20 feat.
Kishan shines for India with a breezy knock versus England
Kishan hammered four fours and two sixes during his stay.
He attacked Will Jacks before also hitting Jamie Overton.
In the 8th over, Liam Dawson was punished for a six. Kishan then attacked Sam Curran too.
In the 10th over, he hit Adil Rashid for a four before the spinner found joy when Kishan went for a big shot.
Kishan equals Sunil Narine in terms of T20 sixes
Recently, Kishan completed 300 career T20 sixes.
As per ESPNcricinfo, Kishan from 228 matches (219 innings) Kishan now has 302 sixes.
With this, he has matched Sunil Narine, who owns 302 sixes from 583 matches (376 innings),
Kishan owns 6,265 runs in T20s at 30.71. His strike rate is 141.77.
He has 41 scores of 50 or more in the format, including seven tons.
Over 100 sixes in IPL and SMAT
134 of Ishan’s sixes have come in 119 Indian Premier League (IPL) matches, where he owns 2,998 runs at 29.10.
His tally of 102 sixes is the fourth-most for any batter in Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy history. He has 1,977 runs in the competition at 34.68.
For India in T20Is, he has smoked 66 sixes from 44 matches.
Here are his T20I numbers
With his latest efforts, Kishan has raced to 1,274 runs from 44 T20Is at an average of 29.62.
His strike rate goes past 146. The keeper-batter has touched the 50-run mark 10 times in T20Is, as his tally also includes a hundred.
Kishan has already tallied two 50-plus scores in the ongoing tourney – 77 vs Pakistan and 61 vs Namibia.
