Rohit Sharma Praises Suryakumar Yadav for His Stunning Knock
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|| Indian Correspondent ||
Mumbai Indians captain Rohit Sharma was happy after his team's win in their recent match against Rajasthan Royals at Abu Dhabi on Tuesday (October 6) in the ongoing season of IPL.
"We strive to be out there and play well. We have a lot of quality and it's about getting the job done. They all have a lot of confidence," Rohit said after the match. "They're all talented and they can take the game away on their day and it's all falling into place. The conditions are helpful here for the quick bowlers.”
"It was nipping around to start with and it's good to have bowlers who can exploit the conditions. We also worked a lot on our fielding, because it's one of the controllable in the game and we made it a point to do that well,” he added.
Rohit Sharma also applauded Suryakumar Yadav, who smashed an unbeaten 79 to help the team put up a huge total of 193-4 in the first innings.
"A good Surya innings was coming, I spoke to him before the game, and his shot selection was perfect today. We wanted him to bat till the end because he can innovate rather well," he shared.
Meanwhile, Suryakumar Yadav, who won the ‘Player of the Match’ award said that he had a feeling of a big knock in that game and he had also worked on improving his game during the lockdown imposed by coronavirus pandemic.
"I felt it (a big knock) was coming in this game, because in the last few games I was finding ways to get out. This time I just wanted to bat till the end. Loving the added responsibility at the top of the order, and I've just been told to play my game and express myself and I did just that. The lockdown helped me with my off-side game rather than just my leg-side pick-up shot,” he told.
"The team winning is really satisfying and at that situation I had to bat till the end to get the team to a perfect total, and then the bowlers came and finished things off," he concluded.
