Mumbai Indians star middle order batsman Suryakumar Yadav once again proved that he specializes in playing almost every cricket shot from the book. An example of this was seen on Tuesday during Kolkata Knight Riders vs Mumbai Indians match in IPL 2021.
The way in which Suryakumar Yadav absolutely hammered KKR's most expensive bowler, Pat Cummins, for a monstrous six, stunned fans and his teammates in the dressing room.
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Yadav, playing unbeaten on 44, smashed a length ball from Pat Cummins for a huge six to bring up his 12th IPL fifty off just 33 balls using a helicopter shot that was so powerful that the ball went straight out of Chennai's MA Chidambaram Stadium. The distance of the shot was 99 metres.
The video of this fiery shot from Suryakumar Yadav and Hardik Pandya's animated reaction to it has gone viral on Twitter.
In this match, Suryakumar Yadav fell to KKR all-rounder Shakib Al Hasan for a personal score of 56 runs. His catch was caught by Shubhaman Gill. Suryakumar, in his fiery knock, hit 7 fours and 2 sixes off 36 balls. Earlier in the match, Kolkata won the toss and decided to bowl first.
Suryakumar Yadav has been in tremendous form for some time now. In the last 26 IPL innings, he has been out only twice for a duck. Also, he has scored 25 or more runs 16 times. Yadav has played 103 matches in IPL so far and has scored 2111 runs at an average of 30.59. His unbeaten 79 runs is his highest score in IPL.