2024-06-21 10:42:15
Bridgetown (Barbados): Suryakumar Yadav was named the Man of the Match for scoring a half-century in opposition to Afghanistan in a Group A match of the Tremendous Eight stage of the ICC T20 World Cup. After receiving the award, Surya praised his bowlers and mentioned that if this award was given to a bowler, he wouldn’t have any drawback. Chasing India’s goal of 182 runs, Afghanistan’s staff was lowered to 134 runs in 20 overs in entrance of the superb bowling of Bumrah (three wickets for seven runs), Arshdeep Singh (three wickets for 36 runs) and Kuldeep Yadav (two wickets for 32 runs), attributable to which Rohit Sharma’s staff registered a simple victory of 47 runs.
Azmatullah Omarzai scored the best 26 runs for Afghanistan. Other than him, no batsman from Afghanistan might even contact the 20-run mark. Earlier, India scored 181 runs for eight wickets with Surya Kumar’s 53 runs in 28 balls with 5 fours and three sixes and his 60-run partnership in 37 balls for the fifth wicket with Hardik Pandya (32 runs, 24 balls, three fours, two sixes).
Suryakumar mentioned after India’s victory, ‘I’ve no objection to giving the Participant of the Match award to any bowler. That is the primary time a batsman has acquired this award, hopefully many extra batsmen will get it. You might be speaking about my batting, however the fact is that there’s a lot of onerous work and observe behind it. There’s a variety of routine and course of. Once I go to the sector, I’m very clear about what I’ve to do.”
When requested about his technique whereas batting, he mentioned, ‘Once you go on the sector, give precedence to the staff. I bear in mind when Hardik got here, I advised him to not go away a lot for the top when the ball will get previous or begins to reverse. I simply needed to attain runs rapidly and see the place we attain in 16 overs, and transfer ahead from there.’