IPL 2026 – KKR vs LSG – Mukul Choudhary brings out the helicopter, and soars into the limelight

“I have practiced that shot since childhood,” Choudhary mentioned at the press convention after the win, referring to the shot he used to ship Vaibhav Arora for six in the seventeenth over. “I always liked that, and the way Dhoni finished [an innings]. He used to hit a six even off a yorker. If you even hit that kind of a delivery for six, the bowler thinks about doing something different.”

With 54 runs wanted from 24 deliveries, and with LSG seven down, Choudhary had solely the tail for firm. Despite beginning with just one run off his first 5 deliveries, Choudhary bashed one other 53 off the subsequent 22. That included cracking seven sixes, to go together with simply two fours.

“My body is a little powerful, and that has come to me naturally,” he mentioned of his six-hitting means. “I also practice hitting 100-150 sixes every day, so the bat speed develops if you keep doing it. I have been practicing a lot for the last five to six months, so it has come into my game.”

“When a big coach like him says something like that about you, I’m sure he has seen something in you,” Choudhary mentioned of the motivation he drew from Langer’s phrases. “He showed faith in me, so it was my time to repay it. During practice, he spends 10-15 minutes exclusively with me every day. Whatever he taught turned me out to be helpful. So I just did my job after he trusted me to do it.”

“He’s so young, and he’s got that look in his eyes. He’s hungry,” Langer mentioned. “You know when you first come in, you try so hard, and [this victory will] just be a massive moment in his life and his career.”