India and West Indies are locking horns in the ongoing ODI series decider in the 3rd match at the Brian Lara Cricket Stadium in Trinidad and Tobago, with the series evenly poised at 1-1. Young opener Ishan Kishan continued his purple patch against the Windies and joined former Indian captains MS Dhoni, Dileep Vengsarkar as well as Mohammad Azharuddin in an elusive list.
Ishan Kishan Joins MS Dhoni In Elite Club
Ishan Kishan walked out to open the innings for the Indian cricket team with Shubman Gill after Shai Hope won the toss and invited team India to bat first.
Senior players Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli were rested again for the third ODI match against Windies. Hardik Pandya continued to lead the Indian cricket team in the absence of regular captain Rohit Sharma. As the Indian team continue to do experiments, Ishan Kishan continued to shine brightly as he smashed yet another half-century. During the process, Ishan created a bit of history.
The young keeper-batter smashed a fourth consecutive fifty during the tour of the West Indies, Kishan managed to score a fifty in all three ODI matches of the series. Ishan joined Dhoni and other legends in an elite club.
Kishan became only the sixth Indian player to smash a fifty in all three games of a bilateral ODI series. Kris Srikkanth was the first one to achieve the feat back in 1982 against Sri Lanka, followed by Vengsarkar in 1985 against Windies. Azharuddin also achieved the same feat against Sri Lanka in 1993, followed by Dhoni who achieved the feat against Australia in 2019.
Before Ishan, Shreyas Iyer was the last batter to have smashed three half-centuries in all three matches of bilateral ODI matches in 2020.
Indians to score 50s in all 3 matches:
Kris Srikkanth vs Sri Lanka in 1982
Dilip Vengsarkar vs Sri Lanka in 1985
Mohammad Azharuddin vs Sri Lanka in 1993
MS Dhoni vs Australia in 2019
Shreyas Iyer vs New Zealand in 2020
Ishan Kishan vs West Indies in 2023
