Ishan Kishan – Vaibhav Sooryavanshi
His innings was the eighth-highest individual score in Duleep Trophy history and formed the backbone of East Zone’s mammoth 708 all out. Vaibhav Sooryavanshi may have been among the early contributors for East Zone in the Duleep Trophy final, but it was captain Ishan Kishan who eventually stole the show with a breathtaking double century against South Zone at the MA Chidambaram Stadium.
Sooryavanshi opened the innings for East Zone and made a brisk 44 off 37 deliveries. Because this is not just technique, this is not just temperament, this is also match fitness. Even when South Zone introduced part-timers Devdutt Padikkal and Shaikh Rasheed, the flow of runs did not stop.
Once you are set, you have to learn how to play a long innings,” Razdan said on commentary. During the match, former India cricketer and commentator Vivek Razdan used Kishan’s remarkable innings to offer some advice to the teenage batter. “Sooryavanshi sahab, now you have to learn from players like Ishan Kishan. The East Zone captain repeatedly found gaps in the field and punished anything loose. “Every person who is present here at this time stood up and applauded this innings. To stay out there for so long in such heat and play an innings like this. What an innings by Ishan Kishan.”