Dilshan Madushanka, the Sri Lanka left-arm seamer, had worked up some nippy pace and bounce, and also generated some initial movement, to have Ishan Kishan nicking to slip. Later, seeing Suryakumar Yadav move outside off stump, Madushanka followed the batsman with a fast, high full toss. Most batsmen would have probably tried to fend it away in surprise, or at the most, tried an awkward slog.
But Suryakumar remained committed to his scoop, despite being caught off balance by the ball speeding into him. After connecting, he fell to the ground and recovered to see the ball had sped over the fine-leg boundary.
In the same over, three deliveries later, Suryakumar now made some room in the opposite direction, outside leg stump. Again, an alert Madushanka followed the batsman. Suryakumar flicked him for six over deep backward square leg this time.
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Source: www.indianexpress.com
