Srinagar: Former Pakistan cricket team skipper Shahid Afridi is latest to praise India’s Suryakumar Yadav after the laters heroics against Hong Kong in ongoing Asia Cup.
Suryakumar Yadav or SKY scored quickfire fifty and formed unbeaten stand with Virat Kohli.
Shahid Afridi while praising SKY said that he had sat to watch Virat Kohli batting but was blown away by SKY show.
“Yes dekha tha, jo thoda time mila mujhe. Main Virat ki batting dekhne baitha hua tha. Wo kaafi time le raha tha. Usko bhi pata tha kitni zaroori hai uske lie ye. Aur performance chahe kisi bhi team k against ho, confidence toh milti hai age jake. Virat kaafi us tarha khela lekin jis tarha ye Kumar aya, ate hi usne pahle ball pe chouka, dusre ball pe chouka, bas wo ek positive frame of mind se aya hua tha. Wo licence leke aya tha ki mujhe koi ball rokni nei hai,” Shahid Afridi said on Sanaa TV show
Translation
“Yes I saw it in the limited time I got. I sat to watch Virat’s batting. He was playing slowly as he knew how important this innings was for him. It opposition doesn’t matter. It will always give you confidence if you score runs. So he was playing like that but when Suryakumar came in… he hit his first ball for four, then the second ball for four and came in with a licence to attack everything”.
“Body language is very important. You should appear confident even when you are taking a single, defending the ball or hitting a six. And the confidence he showed while hitting those big shots was superb. He entertained the crowd,” Afridi added.