Mumbai Indians batsman Suryakumar Yadav said that the Indian team’s ignoring the Australia’s limited tour inspired him to play one of his most memorable innings in the IPL. Suryakumar Yadav then chased the target against RCB in Abu Dhabi, scoring an unbeaten 79 off 43 balls to win Mumbai Indians by five wickets, one of the most memorable innings of his IPL. However, it was a league match of IPL 2020.
There were some stressful moments on the ground between the then RCB and India captain Virat Kohli in the match. Kohli did not say much, just raised the ball and went to the end of the striker. Where Suryakumar was batting. The Mumbai batsman said on Jio Hotstar on Suryakumar Yadav Experience Show that it was an emotional innings, as the team was announced for the tour of Australia a few days ago.
Now Team India’s T20 captain Suryakumar Yadav said that he was expected to go to Australia, but was ignored. He said that, I had been preparing for Isadore for the last few years. My domestic season and IPL were going well. I prepared myself well for this session. Even the Kovid break took time out to work on his body and mental health. I expected to join the T20 team.
In this episode, Surya further said that, all the people around me were thinking that I would go to Australia, including fellow players from other countries. I was already ready for that flight mentally but I was shocked when I was not selected. I could not understand what went wrong. I kept thinking for the next two days, I did not talk to anyone. Then I took a break. Did not even practice. I decided to relax myself. Mahela Jayawardene and Zaheer Khan could feel it on the field.
