It is difficult to be Suryakumar Yadav. He has got everything the most difficult way possible right from his youth. Need to play proficient cricket? First show everybody you can score runs against the large young men in tennis-ball cricket. Need to bat higher up the request? First completion games for your group, score at a higher strike rate. The last part, in any case, left Surya's life – in any event until further notice – just in 2018 when he moved from Kolkata Knight Riders to Mumbai Indians. He had obviously begun to bat in the main four in homegrown cricket around a similar time.

The Mumbai Indians right-hander who scored an unbeaten 79 against Rajasthan Royals – his most noteworthy score in the IPL – began his homegrown and IPL profession batting in the lower center request yet continuously constrained his way into the best four with steady exhibitions.

“I have enjoyed both the roles, I have kept my options open. Even when I started playing domestic cricket for Mumbai I batted low but later on based on the performance I was given a chance to bat higher up the order. For KKR I batted lower down the order and later on when I came here in MI they gave the responsibility of anchoring the innings,” Suryakumar told Hindustan Times in a selected media interaction arranged by the franchise on Thursday.

“Since the last 2-3 years, I have matured a little bit. I’ve got clarity in mind about what I want from the game and how to approach things. I realised that if I keep running behind one thing, it’ll keep going far away from me so instead of that I’ve just kept focus on small things which I can do. If I think about the goal alone then the process goes missing so I thought giving more importance to the process,” Suryakumar added.