IPL 2023: Suryakumar Yadav’s freak innings guides MI to big win vs RCB – ‘He reaches for the SKY’

Suryakumar Yadav is back and how. At Wankhede against Royal Challengers Bangalore, Suryakumar Yadav scored a phenomenal 83 off 35 balls to guide Mumbai Indians to a clinical six wicket win on Tuesday.

Not long ago, there were questions about the top-ranked T20I ICC batter in the world and his form in white-ball cricket. But after struggling in the initial few games, he has turned it around in the last six innings, scoring runs at his fluent best.

Today, his knock was laced with seven fours and six sixes, striking at 237.14. He built a solid 140-run partnership with Nehal Wadhera after MI were reduced to 52/2 in 5 overs. The innings started with Wadhera taking on the aggressor’s role but once Yadav began, everyone took a back seat to watch what was a freak innings.

As a result, MI chased down 200 in 16.3 overs. With this win, MI climbed from the eighth to the third spot in the points table while RCB are now seventh.

“He is one of the best isn’t he?” Faf Du Plessis, who leads the tournament batting chart with 576 runs, said of Suryakumar.

“When he gets going he’s really difficult to bowl to. So many options you can’t shut him down....

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