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Key Points

4 points
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Total runs in 2024: 1,005 in Twenty‑Twenty International matches.

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Final match contribution: 20 runs from 18 balls.

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India’s final score: 211 runs for six wickets, winning the gold medal.

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Second Indian to achieve this milestone; the first was Suryakumar Yadav with 1,164 runs in 2022.

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Summary

Kishan contributed 20 runs off 18 balls in the Asian Games final against Pakistan, where India posted 211 for six and secured the gold medal.

His performance highlights a high average of 37.22 runs per innings and a strike rate of 169.47, showing both consistency and rapid scoring.

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New Words to Learn

8 words
wicket‑keeper batter
a player who both catches the ball behind the stumps and also bats
innings
a period when a team or player is batting
average
the typical number of runs scored each time the player bats
strike rate
how many runs a player scores per 100 balls faced
century
scoring one hundred runs in a single innings
fifty
scoring fifty runs in a single innings
wicket
when a batter is dismissed
gold medal
the top prize awarded for first place in a competition
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