Ishan Kishan set make his test return after the Duleep Trophy final heroics?

The year 2026 has been very special for India's young wicketkeeper-batter Ishan Kishan. Ishan Kishan, who has been out of Team India for more than two years, was rewarded for his brilliant performance in domestic cricket when he got a chance in the T20 World Cup 2026 squad and in the 5-match T20 series played before that against New Zealand. He announced his return with a century and 1 fifty in the series. He became the second-highest run-scorer for India in the World Cup after player of the tournament Sanju Samson. He scored 317 runs in 9 matches, including 3 half-centuries. He was rewarded for his brilliant performance in the World Cup when he was also included in the ODI team against Afghanistan, and his performance was excellent there too. He scored 159 runs in 2 innings, including a stormy century. 

And now Ishan Kishan has also staked his claim in the third format. In the Duleep Trophy, he is captaining the East Zone, and without losing a single match, his team has reached the final. In the final match, Ishan Kishan batted for 2 days while playing a marathon of 270 runs, proving that now his eyes are on his return to Test cricket. On the basis of his excellent innings, East Zone, batting first, scored a mountain-like score against South Zone, playing under the captaincy of Tilak Verma, and has stepped towards winning another home trophy. 

Ishan Kishan not only performed well as a batsman, but his captaincy is also being praised fiercely. Last year, under his captaincy, Jharkhand won the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy title, and now another title is almost in hand. If some reports are to be believed, Ishan Kishan is also likely to get the captaincy of Sunrisers Hyderabad in next year's IPL 2027. This year, he also captained half of the season for SRH and used the new bowlers tremendously. In such a situation, he has now been seen as a rising captain. If he gets the reins of Team India in the future, then he will be the second captain to come from Jharkhand after Mahendra Singh Dhoni. 

The Indian team is currently struggling a little in Test cricket. Rishabh Pant and Dhruv Jurrail are currently the team's two major wicket-keeper batsmen. But in the upcoming series, it will not be easy for the selectors to ignore Ishan Kishan. Ishan Kishan became the first choice as a wicketkeeper after Rishabh Pant's accident. But he was dropped from the Indian team and stripped of his central contract because he took an extended break from international cricket due to mental fatigue. But he did not give up and worked hard, and today the world is appreciating him. Team India will play a 3-match T20 series against Afghanistan from 13 September, and after that, the T20 team will also participate in the Asian Games. Where all Indian cricket has gone from Ishan, there will be a lot of hope.