Suryakumar Yadav, on Thursday, used a famous line from MS Dhoni’s biopic as he heaped praise on fellow Mumbai batter, Musheer Khan as the latter smacked India A with a century on Day 1 of the Duleep Trophy.
The Indian domestic season for 2024/25 kicked off on Thursday morning as Shubman Gill led India A faced Abhimanyu Easwaran’s India B in Bengaluru’s M. Chinnaswamy Stadium.
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Musheer Khan rescues India B in Duleep Trophy 2024
After putting India B to bat after winning the toss, India A, with the pace attack of Khaleel Ahmed, Akash Deep and Avesh Khan ran over the batting line-up of India B. Musheer Khan who batted at 3, however, stuck to an end after coming in to bat after an hour’s play in the first session at 33/1.
While the India A’s pace trio kept striking from one end, Musheer Khan kept grinding and scored a resilient 227-ball-105 as the day ended.
The 19-year-old found some support for the 8th wicket after Navdeep Saini joined him in the middle and the duo added 108 runs while steadily building a 35.1 over partnership. Saini finished the day with 29*(74).
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Suryakumar Yadav praises Musheer Khan using Dhoni reference
Following the century, India’s T20I captain lauded the youngster for his prolific knock which led India B to a decent recovery on Day 1.
He used the line “Duty ke baad roz practice, jitna duty utna practice” from MS Dhoni’s biopic where Dhoni’s superior tells him about his practice schedule after work. He also praised the pacer, Saini for playing the support cast.
What a knock musheer khan 💯👌💪🤩
— Surya Kumar Yadav (@surya_14kumar) September 5, 2024
Supported really well by Navdeep Saini 🫡.
Duty ke baad roz practice, jitna duty utna practice 😅💪 #DuleepTrophy2024
The 33-year-old who was also supposed to play for India C under Ruturaj Gaikwad missed out on the first game of the domestic season through a sprain in the right thumb.
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Thanks to a century stand between Musheer Khan and Saini, India B finished the first day at 202/7. Meanwhile, Surya’s side bundled India D at just 164 and finished the day 94/4.
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