Published 17:32 IST, October 17th 2022
Suryakumar Yadav's statement before getting out vs Australia catches everyone's attention
In a scary moment, Suryakumar Yadav was also hit on his helmet by Mitchell Starc while trying to play a pull shot off his bowling in the 19th over.
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India played defending champions Australia in ir first warm-up game of ICC Men's T20 World Cup on Monday. Indian batter Suryakumar Yadav played a brilliant kck with bat as he scored yet ar half-century for his team. In a scary moment, Yadav was hit on his helmet by Mitchell Starc while trying to play a pull shot off his bowling. However, what caught everyone's attention most was a statement made by Yadav right before he was dismissed by Kane Richardson.
India vs Australia: Suryakumar says 'maarne ka mood nahin ho rha' before getting out
After reaching his half-century, Yadav was heard saying, "Maarne ka mood nahi ho raha yaar (I am t in a mood to hit big man)." Yadav told this to his batting partner Axar Patel, who was at or end of pitch. Just after making interesting comment, Yadav played a false shot, giving an easy catch to Richardson. 32-year-old went down for 50 off 33 balls, which he scored with a strike rate of 151.51. Here's video of Yadav saying he is t in mood to hit big.
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India vs Australia
India won first warm-up game against Australia by 6 runs courtesy of some brilliant bowling from Mohammed Shami in final over. Former India skipper Virat Kohli also played a crucial role towards backend of Australian innings as he effected a splendid run-out and took a spectacular catch to help India pick two back-to-back wickets. Shami picked three wickets in final over and also effected a run out of Richardson.
Earlier in match, India scored 186/7 in 20 overs thanks to some amazing batting from KL Rahul and Suryakumar Yadav. While Rahul smashed 57 off 33 balls, Yadav made a perfect half-century, including six boundaries and one maximum.
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Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli were dismissed by Ashton Agar and Mitchell Starc for scores of 15 and 19 runs, respectively. Hardik Pandya was removed for 2 off 5 balls by Richardson. Dinesh Karthik contributed with 20 off 14 balls, while Axar Patel and Ravichandran Ashwin scored 6 runs each. Richardson was pick of bowlers from Australian side as he registered a four-wicket haul in his quota of four overs. Starc, Agar, and Glenn Maxwell picked one wicket each.
In second innings, Australia were looking good to chase down target before a collapse occurred that saw m get bowled out for 180 runs. Aaron Finch scored 76 off 54 balls but his effort with bat went in vain.
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Im: AP
17:29 IST, October 17th 2022