IPL 2018 Diaries: Mumbai Indians' Suryakumar Yadav Gets Punished, Find out how & why
The Mumbai Indians will play their next match against the Rajasthan Royals in Jaipur on Sunday.
You might be the biggest cricketer but breaking rules isn’t acceptable. All teams have different ways of punishing rule breaks. Mumbai Indians has a very funny way of penalising the players and their striker Suryakumar Yadav is on the receiving end. So the last time, team was traveling to Jaipur for their match against RR, the players were spotted in their traveling jersey. IPL 2018 Points Table
But Suryakumar Yadav was spotted donning a blue emoji kit which is given to the player who gets late or someone who does wear a proper travel kit. The player has to wear the same until someone else does not get it. Mentor Mahela Jayawardena said, “I know it’s a bit funny but people know that they cannot miss the bus or miss any of our rules as a part of MI squad. “
The official page of Mumbai Indians shared the video on social media. They shared the clip with the caption, “@surya_14kumar seems to be enjoying his punishment! 😲 Why not? Punishments are seldom this funny. 😆. Don't miss out on this fun. Download #MIEmojis from mumbaiindians.com or the MI App.”
So far, the team has won only one match in the IPL 2018 against the Royal Challengers Bangalore. They are currently on the 6th position of the IPL 2018 Points Table. The Mumbai Indians will play their next match against the Rajasthan Royals in Jaipur on Sunday. Both the teams will be looking forward to win their games at least to qualify for the playoffs.
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