The bat was silent, the form returned as soon as it was sold in the IPL 2025 auction, thrashed the bowlers mercilessly, and hit a stormy century.
Money speaks. I had heard this. But with the coming of money, the bat also starts speaking, this is evident from Nishant Sindhu's batting. His lost form in batting has returned. 20-year-old Nishant Sindhu has been bought by Gujarat Titans at a base price of Rs 30 lakh in the mega auction of IPL 2025. But, what happened after that? After being sold in the auction, in the very next match, this all-rounder Nishant Sindhu scored a century. That too not an ordinary one but a stormy one. He ruthlessly beat the bowlers of Arunachal in the Syed Mushtaq Ali T20 Trophy and not only scored a fast, sharp, and rapid century but also won the match for his state team Haryana.
Sold in the auction on the 24th, exploded on the 25th November.
Nishant Sindhu was sold in the IPL auction on 24 November and played the Syed Mushtaq Ali match on 25 November. In the match against Arunachal Pradesh, Haryana batted first. By the powerplay, the opening pair took the team's score to around 80 runs. That is, there is no doubt that the batting was fast. After that Haryana got the first blow and Nishant Sindhu came to the crease.
The first century of his T20 career was brilliant.
Nishant Sindhu made his intentions clear as soon as he came. He started thrashing the Arunachal bowlers. The result was that by the end of the innings he had scored a century. Nishant scripted his stormy century in just 48 balls at a strike rate of more than 200, which included 11 fours and 4 sixes. The big thing is that this was the first T20 century of 20-year-old Nishant's career.
29 runs was the best score in the last 8 innings
This century from Nishant Sindhu's bat is a good sign for Gujarat Titans, because before this, if we talk about his only 8 innings in all formats, then his best score in them has been only 29 runs. It is clear that the rust on Nishant's bat has gone away with the century he scored against Arunachal.
Nishant's century helped Haryana win by 175 runs.
Nishant Sindhu's century was the reason why Haryana's team managed to defeat Arunachal by a big margin of 175 runs in the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy. Playing first, Haryana scored 255 runs in 20 overs. In response, Arunachal's team could not go beyond 80 runs.