Who Is Suyash Sharma? The Debutant KKR Mystery Spinner Who Rocked Virat Kohli's RCB

Kolkata Knight Riders had a night to remember on Thursday as they registered a comfortable 81-run victory over Royal Challengers Bangalore in their IPL 2023 match. Asked to bat first, KKR were 89/5 when Shardul Thakur (68) and Rinku Singh (46) stitched a long partnership and took their side to a total of 204/7 in 20 overs. Later, RCB were bundled out for 123 after Varun Chakaravarthy took a four-wicket haul. Apart from him, a big contribution in KKR's victory was made by debutant Suyash Sharma, who scalped three wickets and broke the backbone of RCB's batting line-up. As the match between the two teams ended, all the fans were eager to know about the 19-year-old spinner of KKR.

Suyash Sharma, a Delhi lad, was acquired by KKR for Rs 20 Lakh during the mini auction in December last year. Notably, the spinner was not named in the playing XI against RCB and was called-in as the impact player after replacing Venkatesh Iyer.

Suyash plays for the U-25 team of Delhi and interestingly hasn't played any List A, FC, or T20 matches before today's game.

Speaking about Suyash after the match, KKR skipper Nitish Rana said, "Suyash is a confident young man and he has belief in himself. He made his chance count and it was great to see him bowl that way."

On the other hand, KKR coach Chandrakant Pandit said, "Varun bowled extremely well, even Sunny. And the newcomer provided support. We saw him in trial matches and were extremely happy with the way he bowled. He's quick through the air, difficult to pick. He's inexperienced but shows a very good attitude."

Coming to the match, Shardul Thakur smashed a counter-attacking half-century before the spinners played their part to perfection as Kolkata Knight Riders made a memorable homecoming