India, April 3 -- Stand-in captain Ishan Kishan was impressed with Shivang Kumar's performance on Thursday. The left-arm wristspinner made his IPL debut at Eden Gardens in Kolkata, and justified his selection as Sunrisers Hyderabad won by 65 runs. He was key in the second innings, as it was his delivery that saw Rinku Singh and Angkrish Raghuvanshi get involved in a huge mix-up, and the latter lost his wicket in the resulting runout in the non-striker's end. It was a big wicket as Raghuvanshi departed for 52 off 29 balls, with Kolkata stuck at 120/4 in 10.6 overs, as they chased 227 runs.

The 23-year-old did concede 41 runs in four overs and ended his day with an economy rate of 10.25, but Kishan pointed out that it didn't matter. Accord...