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Veteran commentator Harsha Bhogle<\/strong> heaped praises on Suryakumar Yadav<\/strong> after his blistering knock of 83 runs against the Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB)<\/strong>, which helped Mumbai Indians (MI)<\/strong> to register a comprehensive win at the Wankhede Stadium on Tuesday, May 9.<\/p>\n After a shaky start to his IPL 2023 campaign, Suryakumar has been performing exceptionally well in recent games. In the past few matches, the 32-year-old batter has scored three half-centuries, all of which played significant roles in MI\u2019s successful chases.<\/p>\n Suryakumar has accumulated 376 runs in 11 matches for MI this season, boasting an impressive average of 34.18 and a phenomenal strike rate of 186.14. Notably, in the recent match against RCB, he formed a 140-run partnership with Nehal Wadhera<\/strong><\/a> off just 66 balls, enabling MI to comfortably achieve a target of 200 runs with 21 balls remaining and six wickets in hand.<\/p>\n \u201cI said Nehal, let\u2019s hit it hard and hit it into the gaps and run hard. Your practice has to be the same what you intend to do in matches,\u201d<\/em> said Suryakumar after winning the Player of the Match award. \u201cI know where my runs are. We have open net sessions. I know my game. I don\u2019t do anything different.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n Meanwhile, Bhogle lavished rich praises on the Mumbai cricketer and called him the \u2018Laxman of T20 cricket\u2019<\/em>. According to Bhogle, Laxman demonstrated a distinct batting style, while Suryakumar\u2019s finesse and skill remind him of the former Indian great.<\/p>\n Laxman was renowned for his graceful and effortless batting technique, which played a pivotal role in leading India to numerous remarkable victories in Test cricket. As a middle-order batsman, he had a remarkable ability to rescue India from challenging situations with his majestic batting, often leaving the opposing team bewildered and struggling to keep up.<\/p>\n \u201cVery peculiar and I don\u2019t know why \u2013 their [MI] games are chocolate and cheese but the artistry with which he [SKY] bats he seems Laxman of T20,\u201d<\/em> Bhogle said on Cricbuzz after the MI vs RCB contest. \u201cWhen Laxman played T20, I remember once I was on-air and he was slogging and I thought Lata Mangeshkar is singing rock \u2018n\u2019 roll,\u201d<\/em> added the renowned commentator.<\/p>\n With the six-wicket victory over RCB, Rohit Sharma\u2019s MI<\/strong> have moved to the third spot in the IPL 2023 points-table<\/a> and can qualify for the playoffs with two wins out of their three games left in the league stage.<\/p>\n