Watch: SMAT 2025 winning captain Ishan Kishan encourages teammates to win Rs 5 Cr prize money in live event

Ishan Kishan and the Jharkhand cricket team are in the seventh sky after winning the 2025 edition of the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy (SMAT 2025) T20 tournament. Ishan Kishan was the captain of his state team, and he led the team from the front in the final match of the tournament by scoring a brilliant hundred. For winning the prestigious trophy, the team received a hefty amount as prize money. Now, they will have to play in the Vijay Hazare Trophy. 

The Jharkhand cricket team received prize money of Rs. 2.8 crore for winning the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy, defeating Haryana in Pune. Now, some of the latest reports claim that if the Jharkhand team also wins the Vijay Hazare Trophy, then they could receive prize money of Rs 5 crore from the government. After hearing the probable prize money of Rs 5, Ishant Kishan offered an encouraging speech to teammates of the Jharkhand cricket team. 

"We had to prove it. We had to tell people that we can do it. And we succeeded in that... We will do whatever we can on the field," Ishan Kishan said in a live event. 

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Watch Ishan Kishan's encouraging words after hearing Rs 5 crore prize money 

In the final of SMAT 2025, against Haryana, the captain of Jharkhand scored a hundred for a winning cause. Kishan became the first ever captain in the history of the tournament to score a hundred in the final match. He scored 101 runs at a strike rate of 206.12. He is the second batsman overall to achieve this feat. He reached his half-century in just 24 balls in the final against Haryana. 

Jharkhand captain Ishan Kishan also became the first player to reach 500 runs in the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy 2025. He has scored 517 runs in 10 innings, including two centuries and two half-centuries. His highest score is an unbeaten 113 against Tripura.

In the Summit Clash, Kumar Kushagra also batted beautifully. Jharkhand went to bat first and registered 262 runs in 20 overs. Haryana, in reply, scored 193 runs against all of their 10 wickets. Thus, Jharkhand won the SMAT 2025 final by 69 runs.