NEW DELHI: Suryakumar Yadav is the world’s top T20 batsman and his return to cricket was a highly-anticipated one against the Delhi Capitals at the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai on Sunday.
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But that turned out to be a damp squib as Suryakumar felt for a two-ball duck even though Mumbai Indians went on to win the match by 29 runs.
There’s no doubt that Suryakumar is a world-class performer specially in the shortest format of the game and with a clash coming up next against Royal Challengers Bengaluru, the swashbuckling batsman would be looking to make amends and return to form.
Ahead of the match against RCB on Thursday, MI cricketers are sweating it out in the team nets and the official X handle of the franchise shared a video of Suryakumar showing his full-on appreciation of the shots of a teammate.
The video first has Suryakumar exclaiming, “Shot yaar!” at the sound of the first shot. “Shot!” Suryakumar exclaims again at the sound of the second shot.

The video then shows that the shots were hit by MI opener Ishan Kishan. The first shot is a switch-hit towards third man and the second shot is a massive pull towards fine-leg. And on both the occasions, the sound of the bat hitting the ball is just incredible.
With one victory from four matches, five-time champions Mumbai Indians are at the 8th spot, one spot above RCB, in the points table.