Mumbai Indians skipper Rohit Sharma feels Suryakumar Yadav oozes confidence which rubs off on the opposite batters in his IPL facet.
After a gradual begin to the season, Suryakumar is again to his explosive greatest. In MI’s 27-run win in opposition to table-toppers Gujarat Titans on Friday, he blazed away to an unbeaten 103 off simply 49 balls, notching his maiden IPL century.
“The guy has got the confidence. We wanted to keep right-left combination but SKY came in and said no, he wanted to go in,” Rohit mentioned on the post-match presentation ceremony.
“That is the kind of confidence he has and that rubs off on others. Every game he wants to start fresh and does not look back at the previous game. Sometimes you can sit back and feel proud but that is not the case with him,” he added.
Mumbai had been on track to an enormous win earlier than Rashid Khan smashed a brutal unbeaten 79 off simply 32 balls to scale back Gujarat’s margin of defeat.
“It was an interesting game especially from our point of view, happy to get the two points. That was pleasing, bat first and then come out and defend the total. We kept picking wickets and in this format you have to do that, great bowling effort from our bowlers.” Suryakumar, who was adjudged the participant of the match, was delighted to win the sport.
Asked if it was his greatest T20 innings, Suryakumar, who has three T20I centuries, mentioned: “Can say that.” “Most importantly we batted first, at the meeting we decided we’ll keep the same tempo as we do when we’re chasing 200 plus.
“There was a lot of dew even after just 7-8 overs, one side was 75-80 metres, so I was prepared for scooping over third man or flicking over square leg. I wasn’t thinking of going straight.
Known to play outrageous shots, Suryakumar said it is the fruit of his practice and clarity of thought.
“There’s a lot of practice that goes behind [my 360-degree game], so when I come out to the middle, I am very clear in my mind.”
We lacked execution and coronary heart: Hardik
Barring Rashid, who was sensational with the bat and the ball, table-toppers Gujarat Titans put up an underwhelming efficiency and skipper Hardik Pandya felt they misplaced the sport due to the shortage of execution in all thee departments of the sport.
“We lacked a lot of execution and heart. That cost us the game. Intensity was also flat. Expected things to happen, but everyone knows at this level it doesn’t just happen, you have to make it happen.
“As a group we weren’t there. In bowling also we were very flat. Didn’t have clear plans or didn’t execute. Wicket was very flat but I felt we gave 25 runs extra. Have spoken enough about him,” Pandya mentioned.
Rashid picked up up 4 wickets after which hit as many as 10 sixes with the bat.
“Felt like from our team only he (Rashid) turned up. The way he batted, the way he bowled, it was tremendous. Don’t have to try much (after this result).” Hardik praised his India team-mate Suryakumar for his sensational innings for MI.
“One of the best batters in T20 cricket. You saw what can happen if you don’t execute your plans. For me it’s very important that as a bowler you are clear. I can only set the fields. Losing five wickets and then scoring 129 in the last 10 overs.”
Source: sportstar.thehindu.com