|| India Correspondent ||

Suryakumar Yadav has revealed that his Mumbai Indians’ captain Rohit Sharma and the team management had a chat with him before IPL 2020 where he was asked to work on his finishing skills. And, the batsman smashed a 43-ball 79* to take the team home against Royal Challengers Bangalore in Abu Dhabi on Wednesday.

"I was looking to finish games for a long time. Sitting in the room, I used to think how to do it. I wanted to know what my game was exactly and just go out and do it," he said while receiving the Man of the Match award.

"I have been loving the No. 3 position, but I wanted to finish off the game, which is why I am glad with this effort. When we started the tournament, the team management and Rohit came up to me and said I think you've played enough cricket now, it's high time you take the game deep and bat as long as possible, it provides a good platform for the team and is good for you as well. I badly wanted to do it and I'm really happy with it," he further added.

Despite losing 3 early wickets and at one point the equation became 100 needed in 60 balls - the batsman didn’t panic at all and managed the entire situation with utter calmness. However, the hero of the match gave the credit to meditation off the field and constant training during lockdown for his stunning show.

"I've been doing meditation in my room, spending time on myself, that helps me out in the middle and I'm really loving it. I worked on my game a lot during the lockdown. Before that, I used to prefer the leg side. During lockdown, I've practised the other side as well," he concluded.