Suryakumar Yadav was amazing for Mumbai Indians. He played very well against SunRisers Hyderabad on Monday, May 6. Suryakumar hit a big hundred for Mumbai Indians. His score was 102 not out off 51 balls. Mumbai Indians won easily by seven wickets.
During Suryakumar’s innings, he seemed to hurt his groin muscle. He found it hard to run between the wickets for some time. But he still kept batting very well. His brilliant hundred helped Mumbai Indians win the match.
Tilak Varma spoke to the host broadcaster after the game, explaining how he continued chatting to Suryakumar Yadav and helped him to his hundred. He said:
“At that moment he was batting really well. So I thought that he should be scoring a hundred today. So I just told him in between ‘I will just take a single I don’t want to hit because you have done a tremendous job’. I am happy he scored the hundred and I remained not out.”
Tilak Varma
Tilak struck 37* from 32 balls and was the perfect foil for Suryakumar’s masterclass. The two had a terrific affinity off the field, and that was evident in their cooperation.
Tilak Varma on absorbing pressure alongside Suryakumar Yadav
MI was in terrible difficulties on 31/3 when Tilak Varma joined Suryakumar Yadav in the middle. It appeared that the hosts would collapse in their chase of 174, like they had done three nights previously against the Kolkata Knight Riders.
Tilak Varma, on the other hand, discussed with SKY the strategy of avoiding the early new ball blast and playing as straight a bat as possible. The southpaw also expressed astonishment when he witnessed Suryakumar defeat Marco Jansen, saying:
“Actually sir we hadn’t decided anything (about when to be aggressive). We were just playing with a straight bat. But I was really shocked when Surya bhai took Marco Jansen at the start. We were planning to play with a straight bat but I think he bluffed me (laughs).”
Tilak Varma
MI’s triumph with 16 balls to spare pulled them off the bottom of the league. While they are presently in ninth position, they still have a mathematical chance of making the playoffs provided they win their remaining games and other outcomes go their way.