Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], Suryakumar Yadav’s explosive performance in the Indian Premier League made him only the sixth player for India to reach the 8000-run milestone in the T20 format.
In the current 18th season of the IPL, the Mumbai Indians defeated the reigning champions Kolkata Knight Riders by 8 wickets, and the unconventional batter accomplished the accomplishment.
The match between two titans of the lucrative league was one-way traffic the whole time. With his energy and attitude, Suryakumar made an electrifying cameo that left the fans spellbound and helped MI win for the first time this season.
With a score of 27* from only nine deliveries, which included three fours and two imposing sixes at an incredible strike rate of 300, he returned to the dressing room victorious, having hit the game-winning maximum.
After four T20 format mainstays, Suryakumar became the fifth Indian batsman to reach the 8000-run milestone with his brief but impactful blitzkrieg.
With an incredible 12,976 runs under his belt, Virat Kohli is at the top, followed by former T20 captain Rohit Sharma, who has 11,851 runs. Suresh Raina is in fourth place with 8,654 runs in the T20 format, followed by former opener Shikhar Dhawan with 9,797 runs.
With the decisive 8-wicket victory at the Wankhede, MI defeated KKR for the 24th time, the most against a side in the history of the tournament. MI broke the record for the most victories over an opponent at an IPL site at Wankhede, celebrating their tenth triumph against the Knight Riders on their own field.
Given the nature of Wankhede and the amount of weaponry in each side’s arsenal, many viewers expected a high-scoring thriller.
But with his scorching four-wicket haul, 23-year-old left-arm quick Ashwani Kumar left the Knights reeling. He returned with figures of 4/24, making his IPL debut a memorable day.
Ryan Rickelton rediscovered his rhythm and pounded an undefeated 62 as MI crushed the reigning champions to snap their two-match losing record and celebrate their first victory of the season after KKR collapsed on a meager 116.
