PBKS vs MI: Rohit Sharma rewards Suryakumar Yadav for his performance against Punjab Kings

Surykumar Yadav has already struck two half-centuries for Mumbai Indians (MI) in three matches of the 2022 Indian Premier League (IPL).

Suryakumar Yadav has been in stupendous form in recent times, although his team, Mumbai Indians (MI), have strained to find their feet in the 2022 Indian Premier League (IPL). After returning from an injury layoff, the right-hander has struck form right from the word go. Despite missing MI's first two matches in the tournament, he is their second-highest run-scorer.

Yadav has notched 163 runs in three games at an average of 81.50 and a strike rate of 158.25. After getting two back-to-back fifties against the Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) and Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB), he churned out a handy performance against the Punjab Kings (PBKS) as well. On Wednesday, April 13, Yadav scored 43 off 30 balls with one four and four sixes.

Until he was there in the middle with the bat at the MCA Stadium, MI had a decent chance of chasing down 198. But once he holed out to Odean Smith off Kagiso Rabada in the penultimate over of the run-chase, the Mumbai-based team went down the hill briskly. With their fifth defeat in a row, Rohit Sharma and Co. stayed at the bottom of the points table.

Skipper Rohit, in the meantime, didn't forget to reward Yadav although the latter's knock came in a losing cause. Mayank Agarwal won the official Player of the Match award for his 32-ball 52 and taking two important catches. But the 34-year-old Rohit gave Suryakumar a POTM badge inside the MI dressing room.

Yadav walked up to his skipper, who attached a badge to his jersey. The official Instagram handle of the five-time IPL champions posted a video of the same on social media. Yadav has been a fulcrum of the MI batting lineup for the last five seasons and has been scoring runs for them on a consistent basis.