Ahead of the high-profile clash between Faf du Plessis-led Royal Challengers Bengaluru and Hardik Pandya's Mumbai Indians in match 25 of the ongoing edition of the Indian Premier League at the Wankhede Stadium, on April 11 (Thursday), star batter Suryakumar Yadav showcased his new bowling avatar.
Surya's new bowling avatar
In a video posted by Mumbai Indians from their official ‘X’ account formerly known as Twitter, Surya was seen bowling to the son of Afghanistan's star cricket Mohammad Nabi. The clip is now going viral on the internet and fans are loving this little interaction between Surya and Nabi Jr.
“सूर्या दादा testing Nabi Jr. is something you didn't know you wanted and needed,” Mumbai Indians captioned their tweet.
Nabi Jr. played some amazing shots and even smashed sixes on Surya's bowling. Then on the final ball, Surya gave him target of two runs from one ball to win and Nabi Jr completed it successfully. Earlier, Glenn Maxwell was also impressed with Nabi Jr's batting during a practice session,
Battle for survival
Currently, both Mumbai and Bengaluru are stuck at the bottom three of the points table. Both sides only have just one win and two points so far in the tournament. MI is on the 8th position and RCB is on the 9th spot. Another loss here for either of the sides can end their hopes and chances to finish in the top four and make it into the IPL 2024 playoffs.
Mumbai will be confident after winning their first game of the season and will try to add more wins by banking on the winning momentum. On the contrary, RCB is on a three-macth losing skid and another loss here can throw them on the bottom of the points table.
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