Why did Vaibhav Suryavanshi miss his century (Photo-PTI)
Vaibhav Sooryavanshi: Vaibhav Suryavanshi played an inning of 97 runs in 29 balls against Sunrisers Hyderabad. Suryavanshi hit 12 sixes in his innings but he made a mistake while hitting the 13th six and he missed scoring the fastest century in the IPL. After the end of Rajasthan Royals’ innings, Vaibhav Suryavanshi told what mistake he made and why he missed his century? Suryavanshi told that he saw the fielder before that ball due to which he played the wrong shot. Let us tell you what Suryavanshi said?
Due to which mistake did Vaibhav Suryavanshi miss his century?
Vaibhav Suryavanshi After the end of Rajasthan Royals’ innings, he talked to Harsha Bhogle, in which he told that if he had played the ball over third man, he would have easily hit a six. Suryavanshi said, ‘I was not thinking about a century but I played that shot after seeing the fielder, that is why I could not time that shot. If I had played the shot towards third man, I would have easily hit a six. But I tried to play the shot forward and hence I missed that shot. Let us tell you that Vaibhav Suryavanshi was dismissed by Prafulla Hinge. Smaran Ravichandran was caught at third man on a short ball outside his off stump.
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Vaibhav Suryavanshi said – preparations were complete
Vaibhav Suryalanshi told that he did not take this match as a knock out match. The coach had asked him to do his normal preparation. Vaibhav Suryavanshi said, ‘I definitely had it in my mind that this is a knock out match but the coach told me to do what we do in practice. Enjoy the game and there is no need to take pressure from this match. When I got out, I felt that the score would be 260 plus, but whatever score we made, now we have to defend it.
Vaibhav Suryavanshi broke many records
Even though Vaibhav Suryavanshi could not score the fastest century in IPL, this player made many records in his name. Suryavanshi broke Shubman Gill’s record of most sixes by hitting 12 sixes in the playoff match. Suryavanshi has hit 65 sixes in one season of IPL, which is a record. He destroyed Gayle’s record of 59 sixes. Suryavanshi also became the uncapped player who scored the most runs in an IPL season. Suryavanshi has scored 680 runs so far, out of which he has scored 610 runs with sixes and fours.
