WATCH: Ishan Kishan Smacks Karunaratne For Three Consecutive Fours; Justifies '15 Crore' Tag

India vs Sri Lanka: A month full of ups and downs for Ishan Kishan, is now finally seeing 'ups' with his bat. After being sold for at a price of Rs. 15.25 crores, Kishan performed much below his reputation against West Indies in the 3-match T20I series. However, the 23-year old opener gained his form as he scored 89 runs against Sri Lanka in the 1st T20I, and smacked Karunaratne for three consecutive fours during his knock. 

After suffering from the bad form in the series against West Indies, Kishan was seen struggling against the Lankan bowlers when the innings started as there wasn't much bounce offered by the Ekana Stadium in Lucknow. However, in the third over itself, Kishan displayed his skills and proved why he's worth 15.25 crores. 

Before the 3rd over by Lankan all-rounder C Karunaratne, Kishan had scored only 2 runs off the 5 balls he faced. However, the opener smacked a slower delivery by Karunaratne and gained back his form. He went on to smack fours on the 2nd, 3rd and 4th delivery of the over and scored a total of 15 runs from the over. Kishan smacked 10 fours and three sixes in his knock of 89 runs. 

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While talking about the match, after being put in to bat first, team India got off to a great start as openers Rohit Sharma 44(32) and Ishan Kishan 89(56) added 111 runs in 71 balls for the first wicket and laid the foundation for a big total. India finished their quota of 20 overs at a score of 199/2. Apart from the openers, Shreyas Iyer finished the innings well with 57* runs from 28 balls with 5 fours and 2 sixes.