Twitter reacts to ‘iron-man’ Suryakumar Yadav taking perfect revenge on Archer for pacer’s dangerous bowling

Protagonists in IPL 2020 have been aplenty, and funnily enough, they have generally triumphed in superhero-esque manner. The Rahul Tewatia turnaround has, of course, been the most notable act of heroism in IPL 2020, but there have also been several other mini-triumphs which have been satisfying to watch. For instance, over the weekend, Rahul Tewatia hit Navdeep Saini for two sixes after the bowler struck him with a beamer, and then again, yesterday, Marcus Stoinis forced Saini (once again) to apologize after the seamer refused to apologize after delivering a dangerous beamer. The beamer-six plot repeated itself today in Abu Dhabi, but it turned out to be the most dramatic sub-plot yet, of IPL 2020.

The men involved in today’s drama were Suryakumar Yadav, Hardik Pandya and Jofra Archer, with the Englishman being the villain. On the first ball of the 18th over, Archer, who was turning up the heat, bowled an incredibly dangerous 152 kph beamer towards Pandya, who had to duck to save his life. Unlike Saini on Monday, the Englishman apologized, but the sheer trauma left Pandya and Mumbai Indians rattled. 

And, as if this wasn’t enough, three balls later, Archer became an even bigger villain by hitting the batsman bang on the helmet, this time Suryakumar Yadav. The 25-year-old delivered a short-ball, and Yadav, taken aback by the length, copped the white cherry right on his head. At this moment, there was genuine fear and concern amongst those watching, but little did they expect that there was a fairytale payoff waiting to unfold on the very next delivery.

With Archer 2-0 over the Mumbai batsmen, SKY, who was thumped on the head by the Englishman, reverse-scooped the right-armer for an outrageous six over third man. As Archer bowled a fuller delivery in an attempt to outfox the batsman, SKY was one step ahead of the bowler and quickly evolved to ‘god mode’ to play a reverse-scoop all the way for a huge six. 

SKY extracted perfect revenge through the shot and became the hero of the night. 

 Suryakumar gets hit in the helmet from Jofra Archer

On the very next delivery Suryakumar Yadav scooped it over Jos Buttler

In the same over, Archer bowled a beamer to Hardik as well

Amazing shot

Absolutely

It was a dangerous delivery