He lost his BCCI central contrct, lost his place in the Indian team to other contemporaries, slipped way down the pecking order, saw all kinds of murmurs float around about him but he has put all of that behind and Ishan Kishan has notched up a 25-ball fifty against RR in Match 2 of IPL 2025 in a fresh chapter of his life. Cutting loose done right When Ishan Kishan walked out to the crease, SRH were 45/1 in 3.1 overs with Abhishek Sharma having just departed for 24 off 10 deliveries. In a situation like this, at times it can be difficult for the new batter to continue with the momentum but Kishan got off to a flier combining with the hard-hitting Travis Head to put on 85 runs in just 38 balls. After losing Head, Ishan Kishan flicked the switch and pummeled Jofra Archer for three sixes in an over, the second one of which with he got to his fifty in style. Also Read | SRH on a rampage, record the highest ever powerplay total against Rajasthan RoyalsI Can Ishan Kishan get the first century of IPL 2025? SRH are 178/2 at the end of 13 overs staring at a gigantic total with Ishan Kishan unbeaten on 59 off 28. If he stays the full length of 20 overs, a century for him would be a given with the way he is going. How many more will SRH get? SRH themselves hold the record for the top-2 highest scores in IPL history, 287 and 277, both of which came in 2024. Not only that, they also got 266 against Delhi Capitals in the same year which is the fourth-highest total in the league's history. This afternoon, they might well put another one of those huge totals on the list with the kind of carnage on display.