Ishan Kishan rewrites history, eclipses MS Dhoni with breathtaking century vs Afghanistan

Ishan Kishan smashed a well-controlled century against Afghanistan at the Ekana cricket stadium in Lucknow today, June 17. With Shubman Gill, another centurion for India in this match, and Ishan Kishan, the home team recorded another total over the 400-run mark in the One Day International format.

As a team, the Men in Blue with the bat were brilliant; the scorecard says it all. On an individual basis, this match helped Kishan to claim multiple records. Since making a return to the national cricket team, ahead of the T20 World Cup 2026, the captain of the Jharkhand cricket team has been in brilliant touch.

A milestone knock for Ishan Kishan

While the skipper Shubman Gill scored 154 runs in 110 balls with twenty-two 4s and a couple of 6s, at a strike rate of 140.0, Kishan got 125 off 79 at a strike rate of 158.23. The keeper-batter’s innings was decorated with fourteen 4s and seven 6s.

Through the Knock, Kishan becomes one of the fastest Indian batters to complete 1,000 runs in ODIs.His teammate Shubman Gill is the was the fastest to do so. He touched the milestone in only 19 innings; Kishan needed 26. In the process, the middle-order batter broke the records of KL Rahul, Ambati Rayudu, and the former India captain MS Dhoni. Dhoni and Rayudu complete there one thousand ODI runs in 29 innings, and KL Rahul did so in 27 innings.

Fastest to 1000 ODI Runs by Indians (By Innings):

19 – Shubman Gill

24 – Virat Kohli, Shikhar Dhawan

25 – Navjot Singh Sidhu, Shreyas Iyer

26 – Ishan Kishan

27 – KL Rahul

29 – MS Dhoni, Ambati Rayudu

A record-making partnership between Shubman Gill and Kishan

The partnership between Gill and Kishan was also a remarkable feat. These two batters collected 224 runs together against 141 balls. In this partnership, the skipper himself added 92 runs from 62 balls, and Kishan contributed 125 runs, facing 79 balls only.

According to the stats, the partnership of Gill and Kishan is now the third-highest partnership ever recorded against Afghanistan in the format. The partnership of 260 remains the highest in the record list, which was created by Australia’s Steve Smith and David Warner in 2015 in Perth.

Highest Partnerships for Any Wicket vs Afghanistan in ODIs

260 – Steve Smith & David Warner (Australia), Perth, 2015

224 – Hamilton Masakadza & Sikandar Raza (Zimbabwe), Bulawayo, 2014

224 – Ishan Kishan & Shubman Gill (India), Lucknow, 2026

Afghanistan bowlers who leaked the most runs to Kishan

During the 15-run knock, Ishan Kishan scored the most against Bilal Sami. The 27-year-old claimed 34 runs from 15 balls from Sami. He took on the bowler for four fours and a couple of sixes. The Southpaw has been amazing since his return.

Hashmatullah Shahidi, Afghanistan skipper, was the second most expensive bowler against the Indian middle-order batter, who leaked 32 runs from 25 balls. Shahidi bowled 13 dot balls against the aggressive batter, but conceded five fours and one 6. Rashid Khan gave away 23 runs as well against Ishan Kishan.