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Ishan Kishan Makes Stunning Return to Team India After Dominant Domestic Season
Indian squad for T20 World Cup 2026: Selection committee members and former cricketers Rudra Pratap Singh and Pragyan Ojha insisted on Ishan Kishan's name in the meeting. Both wanted to prioritize players with outstanding performances in domestic cricket. Ultimately, Agarkar was forced to make this difficult decision.
The India team toured South Africa in December 2023. Wicketkeeper-batsman Ishan Kishan was one of the vital part of the Indian team at that time. Before the beginning of the test series, Ishan Kishan was left out of the team for indiscipline and was advised to continue domestic cricket. At that time, Ishan Kishan was a regular member of the Indian team in all formats of the game - Test matches, ODIs, and T20.
However, this decision came despite his good performances. After he got dropped from the team and the loss of his central contract, Ishan devoted himself completely to domstic cricket. For the last two years, he has been playing regularly for Jharkhand in all formats and has been performing miraculously. Recently, Ishan captained Jharkhand in the Board of Control for Cricket in India's (BCCI) prestigious T20 tournament, the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy (SMAT). Under his captaincy, Jharkhand won the tournament for the first time. In the final, Jharkhand defeated Haryana by 69 runs. Ishan played a brilliant innings of 101 runs off 49 balls, which proved to be the match-winning innings.
In the tournament, he scored a total of 517 runs in 10 innings, including two centuries and two half-centuries, becoming the tournament's top scorer. This strong performance earned him a place in the Indian team for the T20 World Cup 2025. This return was a surprise, as even Ishan himself was not expecting a place in the team.
