![]() ![]() 15 overs were really good and kept us in the game, apart from that innings that he played towards the end. Once he gets going, it just makes it more and more difficult (to stop him). “He’s such a 360 player, so difficult to bowl to. Levels become increasingly complex and the profit can be r. The level is lost if the transport takes too long or there are accidents. Plan a route and put down tracks, signals and switches. You have to transport goods from A to B in 80 levels. Today we could have moved to the other plans a little earlier,” he said. In Incredible Express you have to build a railway empire. Our first plan was to try and execute yorkers. You just can’t be hitting the ball down the ground.” Zimbabwe captain Craig Ervine got a first-hand experience of how quickly Surya can take the game away from the opposition. One of the reasons spin is being countered well by teams is because of the sweep and the reverse sweep. That’s one of the reasons why he complements the other batters really well. The kind of shots he is playing, he is complementing a lot of the other batters in the side.” Asked to describe Surya’s shots in the last over, Ashwin said, “What do I describe! They are sweep shots! You don’t expect a batter to hit a fast bowler with this kind of a lap sweep, or a square sweep. He’s not a spring chicken but still, this early in international cricket, he is able to express himself. You have more runs to defend! The way Surya is batting is free-spirited, free-willed. ![]() Asked after the game what it had been like to watch Suryakumar bat from the dressing room, Ashwin said, “As a bowler it’s wonderful. Another teammate left gasping in awe at Surya’s ability is Ravichandran Ashwin, who talked about SKY’s ability to “express himself”. ![]()
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