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Suyash Sharma: The mystery spinner who destroyed RCB run chase on IPL debut
Kolkata Knight Riders spin bowling department, which already boasts of mystery spinners in Varun Chakravarthy and Sunil Narine, got richer with a new addition of Suyash Sharma. The 19-year-old spinner from Delhi rocked star studded Royal Challengers Bangalore batting line up with his three-wicket haul on IPL debut. He claimed prize wickets of pinch-hitter Dinesh Karthik, Anuj Rawat and tail-ender Karn Sharma as as KKR thrashed Faf du Plessis' side by 81 runs at Eden Gardens in Kolkata.
Suyash was acquired by KKR for Rs 20 Lakh during the mini auction in December last year. He was not named in the playing XI and was called-in as the impact player after replacing Venkatesh Iyer.
Interestingly, Suyash hasn't played any List A, FC, or T20 matches before his match against RCB. KKR coach Chandrakant Pandit was happy with rookie spinner Suyash's "fighting attitude", saying it was very difficult for rival batters to pick the leg spinner.
"We have seen him (Suyash) at trial matches. He is very quick in the air, and it's very tough to pick him. It's just the inexperience; but he showed a fighting attitude," sald Pandit after the match.
The former India cricketer also complimented the batters for showing the courage to fight back and post a 200-plus total after they were down and out at 89/5, with Shardul Thakur smashing a 29-ball 68. "It's a good win. The boys have shown the character. Looking at the initial stage, having lost wickets, and coming back to get 200-plus. We just expected the pitch to help the spinners. But you require enough runs. Shardul and Rinku Singh (46 off 33) counter-attacked the opposition," added Pandit.
KKR captain Nitish Rana said the plan was to put pressure on the rival batters in the middle overs and Suyash had come in handy. "Even today, we collapsed (to 5/89), and credit to (Rahmanullah) Gurbaz (57 off 44 balls). It was an unbelievable innings from Shardul Thakur. People will talk about Shardul, but Rinku (Singh) held one end up, as we had planned.
"We had always planned not to give RCB batters pace in the middle overs. Suyash, playing his first match, bowled brilliant balls. 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," added Rana.
RCB captain Du Plessis said his side lost the plot after keeping KKR batters under pressure till the 13th over. He also indicated that his batters need to improve against quality spinners.
"We had it set up there in the 12th or 13th over. It was probably 20-25 runs too much. Shardul played well. Their leg-spinners got on top of us. It was still a good wicket but the nature of mystery spinners is that they get wickets. They put the squeeze on us. "We were pretty average with the bat. You learn lessons. Two or three days ago, you played brilliant cricket. It got away from us," added the South African.
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