Melbourne: Not known as a big hitter in the league of his IPL teammates Matthew Hayden and Mahendra Singh Dhoni, Michael Hussey said he was surprised by his hundred for Chennai Super Kings in an IPL match which, he claimed, earned him more adulation than the Australian opener or the India ODI captain.

"I was a little surprised to hit a hundred. I didn't think I could ever score a hundred in Twenty20 cricket. I thought that was out of my capabilities, so it was really enjoyable to do that. It was quite a good bowling attack, too," Hussey was quoted as saying by The Sun-Herald.

"After that I became a lot more of a focus. We had Hayden and MS Dhoni, who were attracting a lot of attention. After that innings, though, there were hundreds of people in the hotel lobby, journalists ringing my room every 10 minutes, things like that. It was certainly a different experience to what I was used to," added Hussey who made 116 not out off just 54 balls against Kings XI Punjab.

Hussey was bought for a relatively small bargain of USD 381,000 but proved his adaptability in India scoring 168 runs from four matches at an average of 84 and a strike rate of 168.

 

Source : PTI