Hardik Pandya, who is facing criticism as captain, highlighted his brilliant decisions against SRH. cricket news

After his team’s seven-wicket win over Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH), Mumbai Indians (MI) captain Hardik Pandya lauded batsman Suryakumar Yadav for putting pressure on the bowlers with his counter-attacking century after losing early wickets early on. . After three wickets fell while chasing the target of 174, the long-expected Suryakumar special came to MI’s rescue as Centurion’s 143-run partnership for the fourth wicket gave MI their fourth win of the season against SRH at the Wankhede Stadium. Provided.

Speaking at the post match presentation, Hardik said, “It’s unbelievable, the best part about Suryakumar is that he puts the bowlers under pressure. It’s his confidence, his game has changed, he is one of the best batsmen That can change.” A different way of playing, lucky to have him (Skye) in our team.”

“We want to focus on playing good cricket, still think we gave away 10-15 runs extra. The way our batsmen batted, it was fantastic. My bowling, I like to bowl in the right areas, I bowl as per the situation.” In the right areas today and it worked.”

On Piyush Chawla’s three-fer, Pandya said, “I was like Piyush Chawla had to bowl on the shorter side. He (Chawla) had to be accurate, the margin of error for bowlers has reduced these days.”

Talking about the match, MI won the toss and decided to bowl first. SRH lost wickets at regular intervals right from the start and lost wickets to Travis Head (48 off 30 balls, seven fours and one six) and captain Pat Cummins (35* off 17 balls, two fours and two sixes). The innings put SRH in trouble. Reached 173/8 in their 20 overs.

In the run chase, MI lost their top order early and were reduced to 31/3. Then Suryakumar (102* runs in 51 balls with the help of 12 fours and six sixes) and Tilak Verma (37* runs in 32 balls with the help of six fours) counter-attacked, which gave MI the victory with 16 balls to spare.

Suryakumar received the ‘Player of the Match’ honour.

MI are placed ninth with four wins and eight losses, giving them eight points. SRH are at the fourth position with six wins, five losses and 12 points.

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