Ishan Kishan’s 270 Drives East Zone to 708 in Final

East Zone played South Zone in the Duleep Trophy final in Chennai.

East Zone scored 708 runs before all their batters were dismissed.

Captain Ishan Kishan was the main star, scoring 270 runs from 334 balls.

He hit 30 fours and seven sixes.

Kumar Kushagra also scored 101 runs and reached his sixth first-class century.

Kishan and Kushagra added 230 runs together for the fifth wicket.

Kishan briefly retired after reaching 250 but returned and scored 20 more runs.

He was eventually caught while trying to hit another big shot.

South Zone now have three full days to try to match East Zone’s huge score.