SKY climbs back to his show-stopping best at the Wankhede
At the Wankhede on Sunday night, the finish came with a flourish. With M.S. Dhoni, the man who immortalised picture-perfect climaxes at this venue with that shot over long-on on the night of the 2011 ODI World Cup final, stationed behind the stumps, Suryakumar Yadav dispatched Matheesha Pathirana for two consecutive sixes to complete a nine-wicket trouncing of Chennai Super Kings inside 16 overs.Pathirana, armed with searing pace and a slingy action, had erred a trifle with his execution, dishing out deliveries that were a few inches short of the blockhole. It was enough for the 34-year-old, standing deep in his crease with his front leg out of the way, to exercise a flamboyant swing of the bat and clear the extra-cover and long-off boundaries with a touch of trademark swagger.
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