Published 10:34 IST, October 29th 2020

IPL 2020: Suryakumar Yadav's 'silent reply' to Virat Kohli's 'sledge' gets fans buzzing

A cool, calm and composed Suryakumar Yadav sealed the win for Mumbai against Bangalore with a magnificent 79-run-knock that left Virat Kohli & co frustrated

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A cool, calm and composed Suryakumar Yav sealed win for Mumbai on Wednesday against Bangalore with a magnificent 79-run-kck that left Virat Kohli & co frustrated. With ten fours and three sixes, Suryakumar Yav stayed till very end to guide Mumbai to victory - making it look so easy. Suryakumar Yav's red-hot form irked Bangalore side but re was thing that Virat Kohli & co could do as y watched on Yav take bowling apart. 

It was a b day for Virat Kohli on field on Thursday - first with bat, n with ball. Suryakumar Yav's form just did t help mood of Bangalore skipper and left him visibly irked during game. It was one such incident that caught eye of fans and it occurred in break between 13th and 14th over. A seemingly irked Virat Kohli marched to Suryakumar Yav and stood next to him, and looked like he was going to say something. However, Suryakumar Yav instantly walked away towards his batting partner, leaving Virat Kohli more frustrated. 

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Fans couldn't help but hail Suryakumar Yav's red-hot form and ice-cool composure in response to Virat Kohli's 'attempt to sledge'. Some fans cited Suryakumar Yav's form in IPL over last few years and demanded to kw why he wasn't selected for national side. However, a vast majority of fans deemed Suryakumar Yav's response to Virat Kohli's 'sledging' as perfect reply. 

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Fans laud Suryakumar Yav's response to Virat Kohli

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'Pleased to finish game': Suryakumar Yav

Speaking of his kck, Man of match Suryakumar Yav said that he was looking to finish game and revealed that his shots off Chahal over cover and back foot punch of Steyn were his favourites. " I have worked on my game during lockdown. I used to love playing on on-side before. Pleased to have finished game. team manment and Rohit told me before start of tournament told me that you have played eugh to take game deep. I am gl I have been able to do it," Yav told Harsha Bhogle during post-match presentation. 

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Mumbai beat Bangalore

Taking on second-placed team in IPL 2020 as tournament nears business end, defending champions Mumbai defeated Bangalore by 5 wickets on Wednesday at Abu Dhabi. By virtue of win, Mumbai have w placed one foot into qualifiers as race heats up. On or hand, Bangalore seems to have got swayed away from winning ways as y have w lost two games on trot when it actually matters most. 

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10:34 IST, October 29th 2020