Mumbai Indians are out of the playoff race but the five-time champions played like a top franchise in their home game against Sunrisers Hyderabad in the Indian Premier League 2024. They had a perfect game, with out of form Hardik Pandya returning to form. Chasing 174 runs for their fourth win of the season, the Wankhede Stadium witnessed another Suryakumar Yadav’s masterclass.
The right-handed batter struck a hundred, his second of the ongoing season to lead MI to a 7-wicket win. He was so dominating that his batting partner Tilak Varma couldn’t complete a fifty despite coming out to bat early in the innings.
Hardik’s team lost Rohit Sharma, Ishan Kishan and Naman Dhir in a span of few overs and the host franchise wwe again in trouble but the SKY and Tilak completed the task in 17.2 overs.
Former India player Navjot Singh Sidhu lauded Suryakumar Yadav and compared him with Sachin Tendulkar, Virat Kohli and Rohit.
“Suryakumar is simply sensational. When he gets going there is no way to stop him. I have seen Sachin dominating bowlers. Virat, and Rohit are doing it for years. For me, Surya is in the league of these three. He is dominating bowlers like them.
“The game changed the moment he started playing his strokes. He didn’t time the ball in one over of Pat Cummins but he kept his wicket intact and the got the desire result,” Navjot Singh Sidhu said on Star Sports.
Yadav was unbeaten on 102 runs off 51 balls, laced with 12 fours and 4 sixes. He was named the Player of the day Match.
