Dubai: Mumbai Indians (MI) batsman Surya Kumar Yadav played a match-winning innings to steer his side to victory against Royal Challengers Bangalore. The right-hander turned out to be the hero of the night as he remained unbeaten on 76 off 43 balls to chase down the 167-run target.
Yadav said he had got the opportunity a couple of times to finish the job for MI, but he has not managed to capitalise on them. But finally, the batsman accomplished it against RCB.
Yadav mentioned that during the start of IPL 2020, his skipper Rohit Sharma has made his role clear. Sharma had asked him to take his time and play as long as he can because he has the experience to do so. Yadav also added that he badly wanted to do it and he is happy to execute the plans.
“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.”
