Suryakumar Yadav Dropped, Behrendorff Comes in as Impact Player

image-lfzm0232Suryakumar Yadav sitting in Dugout (Source: BCCI/IPL)

Right after posting 171 on the board on the back of a brilliant innings from Tilak Varma, Mumbai Indians have dropped Suryakumar Yadav before the beginning of second innings. In his place, Australian left-arm pacer Jason Behrendorff has been called into the side as an impact player.

MI didn't had a great start to the innings as they lost three wickets on the score of 20, however, a counter-attacking innings from Varma where he thumped 84 not out from 46 balls propelled his side to a respectable total.

This comes after SKY could only manage 15 from 16 deliveries leaving his team under a lot of pressure.

Meanwhile, Mumbai only picked three overseas in form of Cameron Green, Tim David and Jofra Archer, keeping one spot vacant for another international player.

The Rohit Sharma-led side had selected five players i.e Vishnu Vinod, Ramandeep Singh, Jason Behrendorff, Shams Mulani, Sandeep Warrier as reserves.

Talking about the match, Royal Challengers Bangalore are in a dominant position after thumping 40 runs in the first four overs against Behrendorff, Arshad Khan and Jofra Archer.

Virat Kohli and captain Faf du Plessis are on song as the MI bowlers are struggling to find right lines and lengths at Bangalore.