NEW DELHI:
Suryakumar Yadav
, the dynamic batter for the Mumbai Indians, gave an update on his fitness following his brilliant performance in the Indian Premier League 2024, which saw him destroy Punjab Kings bowlers at Mullanpur.
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Once more,
PBKS
forced the game into a decisive over but were unable to win. While MI rode high on Suryakumar's 78,
Ashutosh Sharma
led PBKS in the elusive pursuit.
After recovering from ankle surgery earlier in the year, Surya made a comeback to the Delhi Capitals game.
He had a sports hernia and an ankle that required surgery. He was therefore ruled out of India's penultimate T20I bilateral series before the World Cup in June, a three-match T20I series against Afghanistan at home.
After playing a crucial hand in PBKS's downfall, Surya opened up about his fitness and said during the mid-innings interview, "It is going really well I am almost there I have started fielding I am also training well so slow and steady hoping that all 40 overs I will be on ground."
Since his return, Surya has registered a duck, fifty, then another duck, followed by another half-century.
"That teaches you there are ups and downs in life," Surya said while talking about his performance.
Instead of taking the usual slam-bang approach, Surya took his time and opened his arms. The explosive right-handed batter discussed his strategy and whether the management had given him any specific instructions.
"Nothing as much there was a talk going on. Last day we had a batters meeting that there will be a batter who will have to bat at least 15 to 17 overs because when we had a net session we felt that wicket will be a little difficult to get big runs on the board. But I just wanted to be myself. I took a little bit of more time today and after Rohit got out there had to be a batter who batted a little more I just continued the way I bat," Surya said.
Jasprit Bumrah
(3/21) and Coetzee's (3/32) influential spells, along with a scintillating 78-run knock from Surya Kumar Yadav, helped the Mumbai Indians defeat the Punjab Kings by nine runs.
MI survived an unprecedented Ashutosh (61 off 28) blitz after Suryakumar Yadav's 78 helped the visitors post 192/7.
(With ANI inputs)
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