The IPL 2025 season couldn’t have started better for Sunrisers Hyderabad. Ishan Kishan lit up the opener with a jaw-dropping 106*—a knock that screamed superstar in the making. For SRH fans, it felt like the beginning of something special.
But that spark? It vanished just as quickly.
In the seven innings that followed, Kishan’s bat went ice cold. Just 33 runs in total. An average under 5.5. And five of those knocks? Two runs or less. That’s not a form slump—that’s a free fall.
Then came last night’s bizarre twist.
Up against his former team, Mumbai Indians, Kishan lasted just one run. But it wasn’t the dismissal that had everyone talking—it was how it happened. Deepak Chahar sent one drifting down leg. Rickelton barely appealed. The umpire was ready to call it wide… and suddenly, Kishan just walked. No edge. No spike on UltraEdge. And the umpire, surprised, raised the finger.
No explanation. No injury. Just a silent exit that’s left fans and pundits alike totally baffled.
Was it confusion? Pressure? Or simply the toll of a brutal run of form?
Whatever it was, it’s symbolic of the slide SRH is on. From early-season title talk to fighting to stay out of the bottom spots, the team’s fortunes are clearly tied to Kishan’s.
There is one silver lining for the 26-year-old: his return to the BCCI central contracts list. But that’s small comfort for a franchise and fanbase watching their season slip away.
Look, no one wants to write off a team this early. But SRH fans—you might want to brace yourselves. Unless Kishan finds his rhythm again soon, it’s hard to see this campaign ending in anything but disappointment.
Still, cricket has a funny way of flipping the script. And maybe, just maybe, Kishan’s next big knock is around the corner.
