Mumbai Indians duo Suryakumar Yadav and Ishan Kishan were in the limelight as MI chased down the 215-run target with ease in Mohali against Punjab Kings (PBKS), as they both hammered fiery half-centuries to help their team win the match by 6 wickets.
Put into bat first, PBKS posted 214/5 with Liam Livingstone scoring 82* in 42 balls with 7 fours and 4 sixes, while Jitesh Sharma hammered 49* in 27 balls with 5 fours and 2 sixes.
In reply, Rohit Sharma got out for a duck and Cameron Green made 23 runs. But Ishan Kishan (75 off 41 balls) and Suryakumar (66 off 31 deliveries), kept MI ahead of the run rate and Tim David (19* in 10 balls) and Tilak Varma (26* in 10 balls) finished off the game with much flair.
Post-match, Kishan, and Suryakumar were involved in a fun chat where they discussed their knocks and MI’s win.
“It was a good start, and during the most important phase during a T20 game you were there, you played good shots, and that helped ease some pressure on me to keep playing the big shots. That was a very positive aspect in terms of the match which helped me get into my comfort zone," said Kishan in the video shared on IPL Twitter.
“I would like to thank the physios, they’ve worked incredibly hard to help me get ready for the match in the last 48 hours, they would stay awake all night to help me prepare for the match. I didn’t try to do anything special," Suryakumar Yadav said.
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Kishan then quipped and in jest accused Suryakumar of overshadowing him every time he plays a brilliant knock or does something of note.
“I was standing on the non-striker end when you decked Sam Curran all over the park before the strategic break, I thought ‘Jis din mera acha innings aata hai, ye mera pura credit le jate hain, mere upar baat hi nahi ho payegi, aapne har taraf ka shot maar diya’ (Whenever I play well, you take away all the credit by playing even better, how will people talk about me, you played shots all over the ground)," Kishan quipped.
Here is the video:
