Ishan Kishan performed strongly against Namibia at the Arun Jaitley Stadium in Delhi. The batsman faced seven consecutive balls and hit five sixes and two fours.
Reigning champions and ongoing ICC T20 World Cup 2026 co-hosts Team India are far ahead of their rivals Namibia in all departments. Since cricket is beyond equations on paper, Namibia had some expectations before today’s match. But the ruthless Ishan Kishan gave him a reality check.
Ishaan Kishan’s solo performance
In the sixth over of the first innings, the southpaw was gunning for fast bowler JJ Smit. After retaining the dot ball, the left-handed batsman hit 4 consecutive sixes, followed by four sixes to end the over. In the next over, when Kishan came on strike, he continued the momentum with 6 and 4. He needed only 20 balls to complete his half-century.
Abhishek Sharma has been ruled out of the India vs Namibia match due to stomach upset. In his place, Sanju Samson came to open the innings with Ishan. Samson scored 22 runs in 8 balls, which was a brief but effective innings. But it was the Jharkhand-born players who razed the Namibian cricketers to the ground. He was out after scoring 61 runs in 24 balls with the help of six fours and five sixes with a strike rate of 254.17.
In this way, Ishan Kishan hit four consecutive sixes and then a four in the sixth over of the first innings:
5.1: 0 runs
5.2: six runs
5.3: six runs
5.4: six runs
5.5: six runs
5.6: four runs
Ishaan continued:
In the next over, the Indian opener scored another set of 6s and a four; This time the victim was Max Hengo. Overall, he hit seven consecutive fours to score 38 runs.
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