Gujarat Titans’ assistant coach Kapoor in awe of Suryakumar Yadav’s six hitting abilities
The Hindu
The world no. 1 T20 batter, Suryakumar smacked 11 fours and six sixes to power Mumbai Indians to a daunting 218 for five.
Suryakumar Yadav's maiden IPL century on Friday floored defending champions Gujarat Titans, whose assistant coach and former India spinner Ashish Kapoor acknowledged that batters like him put bowlers under a lot of pressure.
The world no. 1 T20 batter, Suryakumar smacked 11 fours and six sixes to power Mumbai Indians to a daunting 218 for five.
GT were tottering at 103 for eight before Rashid Khan's (79 not out off 32) onslaught dragged them to 191/8.
MI got back to the third position in the points table with a 27-run win, courtesy Suryakumar's knock.
However, Kapoor felt Suryakumar was 'smart' to handle GT bowlers, especially Noor Ahmad.
"(It was) an absolutely brilliant knock. He played smartly, we were expecting Noor might get him out, because the way he played him -- got out to him in the previous game. Even today he (Surya) did not take chances against him," Kapoor said.
"As long as Noor bowled he kept picking singles and twos and actually Vishnu Vinod took pressure off him when he got runs in the middle quicker than him.
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