Faf Du Plessis praise SKY: In the 54th match of IPL 2023, Mumbai Indians defeated Royal Challengers Bangalore by 6 wickets. In this match, Mumbai won the toss and decided to bowl first. While batting first, RCB had a very bad start. Virat Kohli got out after scoring just 1 run. After that Anuj Rawat also lost his wicket.
Du plesiss and Maxwell made a century partnership :-
However, for the third wicket, there was a 120-run partnership between captain Faf Duplesey and Glenn Maxwell. Glenn Maxwell scored 68 off 33 balls. At the same time, Faf Duplesey scored 65 runs in 41 balls. Due to the excellent batting of both, RCB gave Mumbai a target of 200 runs.
Suryakumar did amazing :-
Mumbai’s batsmen got off to a good start to chase this target. Ishan Kishan played an inning of 42 runs off 21 balls. Suryakumar Yadav played a stormy inning in this match. He scored a brilliant 83 off 35 balls. Apart from Surya, Nehal Wadhera also played a half-century innings.
Faf praised Surya’s innings :-
During the post match presentation after the match, RCB captain Faf Du Plesiss said, “We think we were 20-22 runs behind. Mumbai team chases well, they have deep batting. In the last five overs We didn’t get enough runs.”
Faf further said, “200 runs was a very good score but we will try to do better but it was slower than other wickets at Wankhede. Anyone who has a batsman like Suryakumar will always be happy. Siraj bowled well in the first half. Of course, bowlers are always under pressure in T20 cricket.”
