That kind of innings was always on cards, he is such a great talent and any captain and team will expect him to show why he is the best going around.
There was a pressure situation but in the end, Brook stick to his commitments and strengths. From the first ball, it looked that he is there to make a difference, his approach was attacking albeit cautious, knowing that taking on KKR’s best pacers will be a decent phase for scoring runs, especially with the new ball.
In the middle overs, Brook played nicely to spinners and negotiated the threat which has been cause of his ball a number of times in this IPL. He scored 34 runs in 29 balls against spinners, that is at a strike rate of 117.
It unfortunately attracted a lot of criticism that he didn’t went hard against the spinners but again it was packing up the innings.
There was captain Aiden Markram who was dealing with spinners in boundaries so Brook solified his experience in these overs, which is a good sign of learning for a player at such an age.
One of all time best fielders and current commentator for Star Sports, Mohammad Kaif came out to shut down the critics who were to judgemental on how Brook played in the middle overs:
Those critical about Harry Brooks low strike rate against spin should know batting is about pacing your innings and picking the perfect time and bowler to attack. Brooks played a perfectly planned T20 knock.
Mohammad Kaif tweeted 🐦
His first half century came in 32 balls and second in 23 balls, these are excellent numbers. Playing in Indian conditions is always challenging even if it’s in IPL because this is such a high quality cricket.
Brook was named player of the match for his incredible knock. Sunrisers Hyderabad are back on winning ways, these are good signs for the team as their all of international signings are doing well for the team.