‘As No.3 batter, once you’re set, you want to make it count’: Ishan Kishan

3 min readJul 25, 2026 09:37 PM IST Ishan Kishan (WK) of India plays a shot during the 2ND T20 International match between Zimbabwe and India at the Harare Sports Club, Harare, Zimbabwe on July 25, 2026. (CREIMAS)Ishan Kishan played a big part in India’s second T20I win over Zimbabwe at Harare, scoring 80 runs in the first innings, helping the Men in Blue post a massive 219. Chasing the target, Zimbabwe could only manage 129, losing by 90 runs to hand India an unassailable 2-0 lead in the 3-match series. Kishan came into the middle to replace Abhishek Sharma who was dismissed for 8 and then also saw Vaibhav Sooryavanshi fall for 20. Skipper Shreyas Iyer then joined him in the middle before departing for 25. Reflecting on the fall of wickets, Kishan said that he did not think about them and