When life gives you a second chance, make sure you utilize it like Ishan Kishan. All the hype around the likes of Abhishek Sharma, Travis Head and Heinrich Klassen and amongst all them it is the pocket rocket from Jharkhand who emerges as the top-scorer with a scintilating century. First IPL century for Ishan Kishan Playing his first match for his new franchise SRH, Ishan Kishan has made a statement and a half in his very first outing as he has dismantled the RR bowling attack and tore them apart to pieces. 10 fours and 6 powerful sixes in his innings as he got to a hundred before guiding the last ball of the innings wide of point for another boundary swelling the SRH total to 286/6 which means that RR need to bat out of their skins to even make a match out of this. Also Read | Ishan Kishan silences his critics with a half-century on debut for his new franchise SRH Second highest total in IPL history It was SRH who already had the highest total in the IPL history when they scored 287 against RCB in 2024 and this time they have landed just one run short of their own record as they now own 4 of the top 5 scores in the IPL history, all 4 of them coming in the last year. From the muddle in MI to clarity in SRH The first thing that Ishan Kishan spoke about in his mid-innings interview was how his current captain gave him role clarity and how the faith and confidence from the management has helped him. Well, that is pretty much what a player like him needs to excel and the start has been excpeptional. Remember all the chaos around the MI camp in the previous edition and this is a fresh start for Kishan who is loving it. First Indian centurion for SRH In the history of SRH over the years in IPL, there have been 6 centuries prior to today and 5 men, all foreign players, have been able to achieve the feat. David Warner has done it twice while Jonny Bairstow, Harry Brook, Heinrich Klassen and Travis Head have done it once each. Ishan Kishan becomes the sixth player to score a century for SRH and the only Indian player to do so.