Mitchell Starc’s Lethal Bouncer Hits Suryakumar Yadav’s Helmet
Suryakumar Yadav (Source: Twitter)
Ahead of the start of the Super 12 stages of the 20-20 World Cup 2022, India is facing Australia in a warmup game. This match is serving as preparation for the mega event. Batting first, the Men In Blue did well to get to a decent total of 186/7, owing to half-centuries from KL Rahul and Suryakumar Yadav.
However, it was not all smooth sailing for Suryakumar. Towards the back end of the innings, the star batter was hit on the head with a lethal delivery from Mitchell Starc. In the 19th over of the match, Starc bowled a bouncer, which took off due to the playing conditions in Australia, and it hit Surya on the helmet.
The bowler immediately stopped to check in on the batter. Suryakuar, however, was ok and continued to bat. The video of the incident has since gone viral on the internet.
Here is Mitchell Starc’s delivery to Suryakumar Yadav
#AUSvIND #INDvAUS
Starc to Surya on helmet #bouncer pic.twitter.com/hZExvQ85eb— the unknown (@theunkn30204658) October 17, 2022
As for the match, apart from Rahul (57 runs in 33 balls) and Suryakumar (50 runs in 33 balls), no other batter could do much. Kane Richardson was in fine form for Australia, taking four wickets in the game. He ended with the figures of 4-0-30-4. On the other hand, Stac, Glenn Maxwell and Ashton Agar took one wicket each in the game.
In the chase, Mitchell March and Aaron Finch got the Kangaroos off to a flying start. Before Marsh (35) was dismissed in the sixth over, the pair had added 41 runs to their partnership. The hosts added 64 runs in the powerplay.
At the time of writing this article, Australia has lost two wickets for a score of 97 in 11 overs. Captain Aaron Finch is going well at a score of 43. Both teams will look to get good results in the warmup games before they head to the main event.
India squad for 20-20 World Cup 2022
Rohit Sharma (c), KL Rahul, Virat Kohli, Suryakumar Yadav, Deepak Hooda, Rishabh Pant, Dinesh Karthik, Hardik Pandya, R Ashwin, Yuzvendra Chahal, Axar Patel, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Harshal Patel, Arshdeep Singh, Mohammad Shami
Standby Players: Mohammed Siraj, Shreyas Iyer, Ravi Bishnoi, Shardul Thakur
