Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) ‘Impact Player’ Suyash Sharma made instant affect on his Indian Premier League (IPL) debut towards Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB), claiming 3/30 on the Eden Gardens in Kolkata on Thursday night time. Suyash not solely proved to be the ace-in-the-pack for KKR skipper Nitish Rana, however managed to impress everybody in entrance of KKR proprietor and Bollywood celebrity Shah Rukh Khan.
‘Pathaan’ star SRK was attending an IPL match on the Eden Gardens after over 1,400 days and was handled to an 81-run win by his workforce in addition to a particular ‘Main Hoon Na’ celebration by the younger Suyash Sharma. Young Delhi and KKR leg-spinner pulled out this celebration after dismissing Anuj Rawat of RCB for 1.
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Apart from Rawat, Suyash picked up the wickets of Dinesh Karthik and Karn Sharma to cap off a sensational debut for the Knight Riders. KKR ‘mystery spinner’ Varun Chakravarthy ended up with 4/15 and Sunil Narine claimed 2/16 as RCB have been bundled out for 123 chasing 205 to win.
“Suyash bowled exceptionally well, and we know the quality Sunil and Varun have. They have fun, take wickets. This was a perfect day,” KKR all-rounder and ‘Player of the Match’ Suyash Sharma mentioned concerning the younger leg-spinner.
KKR skipper Nitish Rana was additionally impressed by Suyash’s spectacular efficiency on IPL debut. “Suyash, playing his first match, bowled brilliant balls to such batters. Not even we have got to know him so far! He backs himself. It was always our plan to add him if we needed a third spinner,” Rana mentioned.
Suyash, 19, comes from Delhi and has not performed any first-class match to date. He was purchased by KKR on the IPL 2023 mini-auction for a sum of Rs 20 lakh and he’s already proving out to be a steal deal for the Kolkata-based franchise. While he has not performed home cricket but, Suyash has represented his state Delhi in U-25 tournaments. Suyash was noticed by KKR’s scouting workforce and the franchise’s CEO Venky Mysore was comfortable that the workforce purchased the 19-year-old on the public sale.
