Mumbai North East Triumph Knights clinches a win as skipper Suryakumar (63) stages a late blitz at the middle order in Mumbai Premier League ‘18

Surya as he is fondly called as always been a crisis man. Be it at the state level, Mumbai cricket or IPL or even the recently ongoing Mumbai Premier League. It was finally good to see Suryakumar back into the groove and scoring runs just before the IPL as he single handedly resurrected the innings of Mumbai North East yesterday when his team lost quick wickets.

Sobo Supersonics who won the toss elected to bowl first as bowling first has reaped rewards at Wankhede. Their decision at one point appeared spot on too with Mumbai North East struggling at 3/48 and 4 for 79 in 9 overs. It was not until skipper Suryakumar Yadav changed the game coming in at no.5 smashing a regal 63 off mere 35deliveries. Surya changed the momentum which Sobo Supersonics developed as he smashed 5fours and 4biggies at a strike rate of 180, It was good to see the talented Surya back into the runs and doing what he does best as he rescued his team and played the skipper’s role to perfection. Eventually, Mumbai North East reached a good total of 162/6 in 20overs with Surya top scoring with 62 while Abhiskek Nayar was the pick of the bowlers with 2/19 in 3overs.

Chasing 163, Sobo Supersonics who have a equally strong line up suffered a batting collapse as they were all bundled out together for 122runs in 19.1 overs. It was such a co-ordinate perfomance from the bowlers that not a single bowler went wicketless with off-spinner Kalpesh Sawant being the pick of the bowlers with 3/13 in 3.1 overs while Prateek Dabholkar and Aditya Dhumal chipping in with 2wkts each.

Mumbai North East Triumph Knights won the match by 65runs and it was surely skipper Surya leading from the front with the bat while the bowlers doing an excellent job.

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