Ishan Kishan helped Sunrisers Hyderabad defeat the Chennai Super Kings by five wickets at Chepauk with a respectable innings of 44 from 34 deliveries.

It had been a long time since Kishan’s last significant innings. After hitting a century in the season’s opening match, he only managed 33 runs in the following seven games and appeared to be in terrible form, losing wickets due to poor shot selection.

He was quite restrained in his shot-making on the day versus CSK. He scored a respectable 44, the highest score by any batsman from either side in the game, despite his batting not being at its most fluid.

Aaron Finch and Varun Aaron continued by praising Ishan Kishan strategy during the innings.

“He is one of those players who, if he gives himself time at the start, can take it really deep,” Aaron stated on Kishan.

And today he did that. He wasn’t playing rash in the beginning of his innings, based on the way he approached it. After evaluating the wicket, he proceeded accordingly.

“His staff must be overjoyed. He received a series of extremely poor grades. In my opinion, he scored more runs in one inning than in his previous seven. It wasn’t a particularly nice delivery, so he would have been really sad if he hadn’t been able to take it home.

Similar remarks were made by Finch, who commended Ishan Kishan flexibility.

“His ability to read the situation and not be overly aggressive [stood out] and overplay his hand early on,” Finch added.

In order to maximise the powerplay, he made careful to evaluate the conditions, which is never simple. He evaluated it and performed well after taking an early wicket.

Varun Aaron, meanwhile, believed that even though SRH’s victory was a scrappy one, it would have given them a lot of confidence because it came in an unusual way, with the game being won by players like Kishan and Kamindu Mendis with most of their top batters not playing.

Aaron Finch remarked, “Look, a win is a win,”

Considering their current position, the Sunrisers would win, particularly if Abhishek, [Tavis] Head, and [Heinrich] Klaasen didn’t score any runs. Today, Ishan Kishan is doing well. I’d say it’s still not his finest innings. However, Nitish Kumar Reddy is at least leading them home. Thus, it remains a victory. It was rough, indeed. They won even though it wasn’t the easiest wicket to bat on.

“Scratch victories are not a habit for SRH. They are accustomed to winning games and completely dominating their opponents. They would lose part of their confidence after playing this game and say, “You know what, we won that game, we can win games like that.” We don’t have to exert all of our effort to win a match in ten or eleven overs.