IPL 2023: Aiden Markram is a machine, says SRH opener Mayank Agarwal

IPL 2023: SunRiers Hyderabad Mayank Agarwal has revealed that they used to name Aiden Makram ‘The Machine’ of their Punjab Kings days.

New Delhi,UPDATED: Mar 30, 2023 01:11 IST

SRH can be captained by South Africa’s Aiden Markram in IPL 2023. (BCCI/PTI Photo)

By India Today Sports Desk: SunRisers Hyderabad have hit the reboot button after a few failed seasons within the Indian Premier League. The SRH administration have roped in a brand new captain a contemporary batting unit, within the hopes of returning to the highest for locations within the IPL. One of the large Indian buys from SRH this season has been Mayank Agarwal who was sacked because the Punjab Kings captain final season and let go from the franchise. Agarwal, who has been in sensational kind within the home enviornment spoke in regards to the alternative to play beneath Aiden Markram in IPL 2023 and defined his camaraderie with the South African batter.

Markram was handed the SRH captaincy after his title-winning run within the inaugural SA20 league, the place he led the Eastern Cape franchise. Markram’s rise in world cricket has been sensational within the final 12 months and he has been awarded the SA T20I captaincy as nicely, forward of David Miller and Keshav Maharaj.

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Speaking to the SRH YouTube channel, Mayank known as Markram a implausible cricketer and stated that he was often called ‘The Machine’ in his time on the Punjab Kings.

“He is a great guy. Apart from being a fantastic cricketer, he is a great guy. So that tells you a lot about him. I call him the machine, and that’s for a reason. Somebody who works really hard on his game, who really thinks a lot about his game, and who is genuinely a great guy, and who has a very happy and relaxed vibe around him, ” Mayank advised SRH’s YouTube channel.

The batter additional added that he was excited to play beneath the management of the South African and said that they shared a really shut bond.

“I’m actually wanting ahead to enjoying beneath him as a result of we had a bond once we performed for Punjab. I’m actually wanting ahead to constructing on that once we play now for SRH,” Mayank stated.

Agarwal can be SRH’s first alternative opener within the IPL 2023 season and can be beginning with Abhishek Sharma.

Edited By:

Kingshuk Kusari

Published On:

Mar 30, 2023