Before this century, Brook had not caught fire in the Indian Premier League, scoring 13, 3, and 13 in his first 3 matches resulting in a lot of chatter online about the Englishman’s form.
Sunrisers Hyderabad player and man of the match Harry Brook said that he was glad to shut the Indian fans who were ‘slagging’ him off before he scored the first century of the season against Kolkata Knight Riders on Friday, adding that he was glad he could shut them up.
Before this century, Brook had not caught fire in the Indian Premier League, scoring 13, 3, and 13 in his first 3 matches resulting in a lot of chatter online about the Englishman’s form.
“You go on social media and people are calling you rubbish. There are a lot of Indian fans out there who’ll say well done tonight. But they were slagging me off a few days ago. Glad I could shut them up, to be honest,” Brook said after the match.
He also added that the crowd at Eden was phenomenal and he can bat at any position his team wants him to bat.
“A lot of people say that opening the batting in T20 is the best time to bat. I’m happy to bat anywhere. I’ve had a lot of success batting at five. Made my name there. My four Test hundreds will have to be over this one. The crowd was phenomenal tonight. I enjoyed it,” he said.
Laced with 12 fours and three maximums, the England batter remained unbeaten for 100 off 55 deliveries as SRH finished with 228/4 in their quota of 20 overs, the highest total of the season so far.
“I’ve had a bit of trouble with spin, but I wanted to use the powerplay to my advantage,” Brook had said in the mid-innings break. “So middle overs wanted to rotate strike and let the other boys do the hitting. It is a belter of a pitch, we need to bowl our lengths rightly and take wickets. We still got a job to do. My girlfriend is here but the rest of my family have just left, I’m sure they’ll all be very happy for me.”
source: indianexpress.com
