Nisshin: India's Ishan Kishan celebrates his half century (PTI Photo) Ishan Kishan produced a stunning rescue act in India's Asian Games 2026 semifinal against Sri Lanka, smashing an unbeaten 80 to lift India to 169/7 and set a target of 170.Kishan walked in with India in trouble after Sri Lanka's bowlers made regular inroads, but the left-hander changed the momentum with an attacking knock.
He remained unbeaten on 80 off 46 balls, hitting four boundaries and five sixes.His innings was not only crucial for India's total but also rewrote the record books.
Watch Sitanshu Kota on Shubman Gill’s 200 & Rohit Sharma’s stunning start Kishan surpasses Manish Pandey Kishan's unbeaten 80 became the highest individual score by an Indian batter batting at No.5 or lower in T20Is, surpassing Manish Pandey's eight-year-old record of 79* against South Africa in Centurion in 2018.Highest individual scores for India from No.5 or lower in T20Is RankScoreBatterOpponentVenueYear180*Ishan KishanSri LankaNisshin2026279*Manish PandeySouth AfricaCenturion2018377*Yuvraj SinghAustraliaRajkot2013471*Hardik PandyaAustraliaMohali2022569*Rinku SinghAfghanistanBengaluru2024668*Rinku SinghSouth AfricaGqeberha2023 Sooryavanshi provides the early impetus India's innings began with Vaibhav Sooryavanshi providing the aggression at the top.
The young opener smashed 38 off 21 balls, giving India a strong start before Sri Lanka began to claw their way back into the contest.Abhishek Sharma departed for seven, while Sanju Samson was dismissed for seven as well.
Sooryavanshi then fell after an attacking 38, leaving India under pressure.
Shreyas Iyer contributed 13 before being bowled by Wanuja Sahan, while Axar Patel and Tilak Varma also departed cheaply.Join conversation Share your thoughts in the comments Be respectful · TOI community guidelines With wickets tumbling around him, Kishan took responsibility and ensured India had a competitive total to defend.
