Srinagar: England Cricketer Harry Brook who on Friday scored brilliant century for Sunrisers Hyderabad in IPL 2023, said that he is happy to shut Indian fans who were slagging him for not performing in previous matches.
Brook was brought by SRH for $1.62 million in IPL Players auction.
But he had scored just 29 runs in three IPL innings prior to Friday’s game against Kolkata. And on Friday he scored 55 ball 100.
“I’ve had a bit of trouble with spin, but I wanted to use the powerplay to my advantage. So (in the) middle overs I wanted to rotate strike and let the other boys do the hitting. It is a belter of a pitch,” Brook said.
“I think I was putting pressure on myself after the first few games (because of the price tag). People on social media start to call you ‘rubbish’,” he added after he was named Man of the Match.
“Indian fans were slagging me off a few days ago. Glad I could shut them up, to be honest.”
In response, Kolkata were restricted to 205-7 despite captain Nitish Rana’s knock of 75 while Rinku Singh was unbeaten on 58 off 31.
