Former spinner of Indian Cricket Team Harbhajan Singh has compared the star batsman of Mumbai Indian Suryakumar Yadav with the likes of the legend of South Africa cricket team AB de Villiers for his amazing shots and effortless batting style. The former spinner made these remarks after the batsman of the Mumbai Indians guided his team towards victory with his amazing knock against Royal Challengers Bengaluru at the Wankhede Stadium on Thursday.
Suryakumar Yadav showed his devastation against Royal Challengers Bengaluru with a half century in 17 balls, which helped his team, the five-time former champions, chase down the massive target of 197 runs against Royal Challengers Bangalore in only 15.3 overs, where the amazing and quick half century of Surya Kumar Yadav played an important role.
Harbhajan Singh, who was very impressed by the dominating innings of Surya Kumar Yadav, talked about how he was perfectly content that he took retirement from the sport and did not have to face someone like Suryakumar Yadav in the middle.
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Harbhajan Singh said that he has never seen anyone dominating the field like Surya Kumar Yadav does. It is very unbelievable. Even the bowler has to think about where they should bowl to him. Bhaji further said that he is so happy that he is not playing cricket now.
Bhaji also said how the batsman of the Mumbai Indians had all the answers with his wide range of shots. Harbhajan said that Surya Kumar Yadav has an answer to every ball a bowler will bowl to him. It doesn’t matter whether it is a wide yorker or a bouncer. He can play different kinds of shorts, like sweep, pull, upper-cut, etc. SKY is a different kind of player, and even Bhaji doesn’t know what else he can play.
Yadav, who was playing his first match after coming back from an injury, had a poor start to the IPL season 2024 as he went for a duck in a high-scoring match against Delhi Capitals on Sunday. However, the batsman went devastation mode against Royal Challengers Bengaluru on Thursday, where he scored 52 runs in 19 balls, which included 5 boundaries and 4 sixes.
Harbhajan Singh compared the dominance of Surya Kumar Yadav to that of the South African legend AB de Villiers, calling him a better version of de Villiers.
