“Embarrassing”: Suryakumar Kumar Dejeted as Mi Make Bizarre Retirement Decision, Internet Reacts

Suryakumar Yadav seemed unhappy over Mumbai Indians (Mi) ‘ Tilak, who was mi’s impact substitute, had managed just 25 off 23 balls with two two boundaries when mitchell santner with a career ipl strike-also 66 was synt in. Mi Head Coach Mahela Jayawardene Said it wasn’t nice to retire, but sugged that the decision was a tactical one as tilak was struggling to time the ball.

Suryakumar, India’s T20i Captain, was not happy with the move. In a viral video, jaaawarde was seen conveying the message to suryakumar, who see a bit disappointed with santner replacing tilak in the penultimate over.

Needing 24 Runs Off the Last Seven Balls in Pursuit of a Challenging 204, Mi Opted to retire tilak, but the strategy did not work as they managed only 191 for five in their 20 overs, losing the game by 12 Runs.

“I think tilak batted well for us when we lost that wicket and that partnership with surya and he just wanted to get going but he just outskn’t then,” Jayawardene said.

“I waited till the last few overs hoping that beCause he (tilak) was struggling, “He added.

Captain Hardik Pandya (28 off 16 balls) smashed a Six off the first ball from Avesh Khan in the Final Over, but the bowler restricted mi to just three runs off the remain of remain Facing just two balls.

A disappointed jaaawardene reflected that they needed to be more “ruthless” in match situations to cross the line.

“I Think Halfway Point, even at the 14th over mark, we were in it, 12 balls, 14 balls out, we were score with them … We had the game in control most of the time even wickets It was just disappointing that we just couldn’T Finish it, “He Said.

“I think it’s early season so we need to be a bit more ruthless when we we wen we’re in that kind of situations to try and finish a game off.”

(With pti inputs)