Suryakumar Yadav who is the star batsman of IPL Franchise Mumbai Indians was showing his class against Sunrisers Hyderabad as he smashed an amazing century in the match of ongoing season of IPL on Monday at Wankhede Stadium. While chasing the target of 174 runs, Surya Kumar Yadav smashed an unbeaten 102 for his second century in the Indian Premier League in 51 balls. The century of Star Batsman consists of 12 boundaries and six sixes as he entertains the fans at Wankhede Stadium.
Mumbai Indians lost the top early in the moderate chase withRohit Sharma scoring 4 runs, Ishan Kishan scoring 9 and Naman Dhir scoring 0 runs and went back to pavilion with only 31 runs on the scoreboard. However, Surya Kumar Yadav eased off the pressure with his 360-degree short, making him mistime the couple of shorts, but everything went the way he wanted as he made sure he took Mumbai over the line to keep them alive in the playoff race. With the winning shot, he finished his century.
Suryakumar Yadav also became the second Mumbai Indian batsman after Rohit Sharma to smash two IPL centuries. In most T20 centuries by an Indian he also equaled the tally of KL Rahul and Ruturaj Gaikwad .
The cricket world was very impressed with the amazing knock of Surya Kumar, which came at the right time before the T20 World Cup. Former all-rounder of Team India, Irfan Pathan, praised Suryakumar Yadav’s commitment and skill. He wrote, “Last game, Surya Kumar Yadav Skoda century, and at the start till 15 balls, he was literally playing with a hundred strike rate and ended up scoring at 160 today also started responsible commitment and skill.”
Former paceman of RCB Wayne Parnell was also in awe of Suryakumar Yadav’s abilities with the bat. The fast bowler from South Africa said a DNA test must be done to determine how good Surya is in the T20 format. He wrote, “Has anyone ever done a DNA test on @surya_14kumar? This guy is different, different.”
Inside the powerplay, joining forces with MI left reeling at 34 for 3, the pair of Surya Kumar Yadav and Tilak Varma did an amazing recovery job with an unbeaten partnership of 143 runs, which guided their team towards a victory of 7 wickets.
