A thunderous 18 balls in the first spell… Mumbai’s hero Saksal hitman, Ishan Kishan with an impressive price tag of 15.25 crores and world number one T20 batsman Suryakumar Yadav..
He was swinging wonderfully in that 22-yarder at Chinnaswamy, a batsman’s paradise.
Short boundaries, quick outfield and flat track were not a challenge for him.
Yadav, the king of unorthodox shots in shorter format cricket, remains under his control, unable to unleash a single shot from it in his preferred format. Those views were beautiful..
The spell of complete dominance by the bowler, which is rare in T20, which has become a batsmen’s game, bulldozed over a Mumbai batting line-up rich in big names…
Siraj was turning the same ground, which he often mocked, into a beautiful canvas of seven colors, adding seven of his names in golden threads.
If RCB is expecting anything from Nithayaima this time, his right arm, which has a lot of power behind it, and the balls that scatter from it, will be crucial.
We should also remember that in the middle of the batting success of the Virat-Faf partnership, cricket is not a game of batsmen alone, it is a game with such talented bowlers.
Written by: Sheas K.S
Credit: Malayali Cricket Zone