"Dono ek dusre ko nahin jaante the" - Congress politician gets clicked with Ishan Kishan ahead of LSG vs SRH IPL 2025 match [In Pictures]

Alka Lamba, the President of the All India Mahila Congress, shared a photo on social media on Friday, May 16, with Indian cricketer and SunRisers Hyderabad (SRH) batter Ishan Kishan. The 26-year-old will take the field on Monday, May 19, when the Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) face SRH at the Ekana Stadium in Lucknow in the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2025.

While recently traveling to Lucknow for the IPL match, the star batter crossed paths with Alka Lamba at the Patna Airport. The latter posted about their meeting on X, sharing a photo with the youngster and recounting the incident in her caption. She wrote:

“दोनों #पटना एयरपोर्ट पर मिले - दोनों #लखनऊ जा रहे थे - दोनों के साथ लोगों ने फोटो खिंचवाई - दोनों एक दूसरे को नहीं जानते थे [Dono ek dusre ko nahin jaante the] - दोनों ने एक दूसरे के बारे में पूछा - उसने बताया “मैं क्रिकेटर हूँ - मेरा नाम ईशान किशन हैं - मैं बिहार से हूँ” - मैंने बताया मैं पॉलिटिशियन हूँ - #दिल्ली से हूँ - मेरा नाम अल्का लांबा है. फिर दोनों ने आपस में फोटो खिंचवाई.”

The above text translates to:

"Both met at #Patna airport – both were going to #Lucknow – people took photos with both of us – both didn’t know each other – both asked about each other – he said, 'I am a cricketer – my name is Ishan Kishan – I am from Bihar' – I said, 'I am a politician – from #Delhi – my name is Alka Lamba. Then both took a photo together."

The SunRisers Hyderabad have already been eliminated from playoff contention, sitting in eighth place in the table with seven points from 11 games, while LSG are seventh with 10 points from the same number of matches.

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Ishan Kishan has endured a disappointing IPL 2025

Ishan Kishan began his IPL 2025 campaign on a high, smashing 106* off 47 balls in SRH's opening match against the Rajasthan Royals (RR). However, his form has significantly dipped since then. After 11 games, he has just 196 runs at an average of 24.50.

Overall, the left-hander has featured in 116 IPL matches, accumulating 2,840 runs at an average of 28.12, with 16 fifties and one hundred to his name.