Chennai, May 19 -- Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) assistant coach James Franklin praised Ishan Kishan's 70-run knock against Chennai Super Kings (CSK) on Monday, describing it as the batter's best innings of the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2026 season so far.

With SRH chasing 181 in a crucial match, Ishan Kishan delivered a Player of the Match (PoTM) winning performance as he scored 70 runs off 47 balls, including three sixes and seven fours. While Kishan got dismissed in the penultimate over of SRH's chase, he had already made sure that his team were only six runs away from a win and securing a berth in the playoffs, a job that new batter Smaran Ravichandran completed with ease. SRH defeated CSK by five wickets and with an over remaining.

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