Harry Brook produced a elegant efficiency for Sunrisers Hyderabad to slam the primary century of Indian Premier League (IPL) 2023 through the encounter towards Kolkata Knight Riders on the Eden Gardens in Kolkata on Friday. The England worldwide took simply 55 balls to succeed in the spectacular milestone and his innings was adorned with 12 fours and three big sixes. Brook, who was picked by SRH for a large Rs 13.25 crore within the public sale forward of the season, didn’t have a great begin to the event. However, he was in full circulation on a flat pitch because the right-hander dominated the KKR bowlers and paced his innings virtually completely. The solely blemish in his innings was a dropped catch by Suyash Sharma and the prospect proved to be extraordinarily expensive for the hosts as Brook was at his harmful greatest on the Eden Gardens.

Harry Brook proven why he is value 13.25 cr
Astonishing innings ! pic.twitter.com/Kn6nnElo2k

— 🇮🇳🇮🇳 కౌషిక్ 🇮🇳🇮🇳 (@KowshikBalivada) April 14, 2023

Twitter customers have been shocked by the efficiency produced by Brook on the pitch and each specialists and followers alike took to social media to laud the teenager for his historic achievement.

Harry Brook can be a brilliant star of IPL…

— Irfan Pathan (@IrfanPathan) April 14, 2023

Opted to bowl, KKR fielding was additionally a giant letdown as Skipper Aiden Markram additionally performed an impactful innings within the center when he raced to a 26-ball fifty because the duo stitched collectively 72 runs from 47 balls.

The transfer to make Harry Brook open the innings has paid off. First century this season 🥳 #TataIPL #KKRvSRH

— Aakash Chopra (@cricketaakash) April 14, 2023

After Markram’s departure, younger left-handed batter Abhishek Sharma (32; 17b) gave a high-quality assist because the duo additionally added 72 runs (33b) to pile on KKR’s distress.

Harry brook 👏🏾

— Jofra Archer (@JofraArcher) April 14, 2023

Heinrich Klaasen then performed a cameo of 16 not out in six balls as SRH dished out a superlative batting show after KKR opted to bowl.

Barring Caribbeans, Sunil Narine (4-0-28-0) and Andre Russell (2.1-0-22-3) who pulled a muscle and couldn’t full his overs, not one of the KKR bowlers didn’t impress.

The day absolutely belonged to the English batter, who carried his bat replicating his success in Pakistan Super League (PSL), the place he had scored 264 runs for Lahore Qalandars in eight innings, which included a century, at a strike charge of 171.4 in 2022 version.

Brook additionally has eye-popping numbers in Tests and has scored 809 runs with 4 centuries and three fifties in 10 innings.

KKR could have missed the trick by giving him some straightforward tempo fodder to start with as Brook was glad to take Yadav to cleaners, whereas the fiery Ferguson was wayward, each conceding 14 runs of their opening overs.

From 43 for no loss in three overs, Sunil Narine managed to pull them in a tidy fourth over that completely set it up for Andre Russell to inflict a double blow.

Bowling for the primary time this season, the Jamaican dismissed Mayank Agarwal (9; 13b) straightway earlier than pulling a muscle.

Russell nevertheless managed to complete the over and took the wicket of in-form Rahul Tripathi within the last-ball to offer KKR the very important opening.

But Brook and skipper Markram batted sensibly, particularly towards Narine and raced to fast fifties to maintain their run-rate close to the 10-run mark.

The SRH skipper gave Brook a high-quality assist and negotiated the center overs properly in an entertaining 72-run partnership that got here off simply 47 balls.

(With PTI inputs)