MS Dhoni and Ishan Kishan
India vs West Indies 3rd ODI: The third ODI match is being played between India and West Indies. Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli have rested from this match. Hardik Pandya is in charge of the team captaincy. In this match, West Indies captain Shai Hope won the toss and decided to bowl first, which turned out to be a mistake. Ishaan Kishan and Shubman Gill hit brilliantly in this game. Building on excellent batting in this match, Ishaan equaled a great record by Dhoni.
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matched these giants
In the third match against the West Indies, Ishaan Kishan batted from the top of the innings. He hit punches all over the floor. He scored 77 runs off 64 balls, which included 8 fours and three long sixes. He has scored three half centuries in consecutive ODI series against the West Indies. Kishan scored 52 runs in the first match, 55 runs in the second, and 77 runs in the third. With this, he has become only the second Indian wicketkeeper to score a half-century in every match of the three-match ODI series. He has equaled the record of Mahendra Singh Dhoni.
Indian batsmen who scored a half century in every match of the three ODI series:
K Srikkanth v Sri Lanka 1982
Dilip Vengsarkar vs. Sri Lanka 1985
Mohammad Azharuddin vs. Sri Lanka 1993
ms dhoni vs australia 2019
shreyas iyer vs new zealand 2020
Ishan Kishan vs West Indies 2023
Strong contenders to play in the ODI World Cup
Ishaan Kishan is currently running in excellent shape. Apart from the ODIs, he also played a stormy 52-run innings in the Test against the West Indies and is also in charge of wicketkeeping responsibility on the West Indies tour. He is a strong contender to play in the ODI World Cup. He made his India debut in July 2021 and has scored 617 runs in 16 games. He scored a double century in ODI against Bangladesh. He has scored 78 runs in 2 tests and 653 runs in 27 T20 matches for India.