Mumbai Indians suffered a brief scare during the game against Gujarat Titans after Suryakumar Yadav was hit on the helmet. Such was the impact on the MI batter off Prasidh Krishna’s delivery that he rolled and lay flat on the ground. While the physio rushed in to check on SKY, the batter soon made it to his feet and resumed batting, in what was a relief to the team and fans.
SKY falls flat after getting hit on head
The incident occurred in the first delivery of the 14th over of MI’s run-chase. Surya attempted to scoop a short slower ball and got a top edge onto the peak of the helmet. He went down immediately while the physio and captain Hardik Pandya rushed to him.
As per the commentators, the tight helmet grille and the pace of the delivery reduced the impact and prevented what could have been an injury for the Indian T20I captain.
Suryakumar was the top-scorer for MI in the game against GT. He scored 48 runs off 28 deliveries, striking 4 sixes and one four en route. Prasidh brought the curtains down on SKY’s innings eventually, two overs after flooring him.
Tilak Verma and SKY had attempted to stitch a good partnership to help MI in the run-chase but fell short. Krishna managed to get both batters dismissed. Eventually, Hardik was also dismissed for just 11 runs.
MI lost to GT by 36 runs, maintaining their winless streak against the home team at the Narendra Modi stadium in Ahmedabad.
