The viewers on the Saurashtra Cricket Association Stadium in Rajkot turned out to be actually lucky as they witnessed the rampage created by Suryakumar Yadav on Saturday. The 32-year-old batter tamed Sri Lanka bowlers and hit them at each nook of the bottom to convey up his third T20I ton. He remained unbeaten at 112 off simply 51 balls, consisting of 9 sixes and 7 fours. His knock helped Team India to drag off a snug 91-run victory and declare the three-match collection 2-1. Suryakumar has been the speak of the city since then and has obtained large praises.

Former India batting coach Sanjay Bangar additionally couldn’t disguise his feelings and praised the batter in a really symbolic manner. Bangar mentioned on Star Sports, “If you want to do Surya Namaskar, there are 12 steps. If you divide the 360-degree cricket field by 12, he gives his taste to every area. Whether it is fine leg, cover or the point region, he plays amazing shots in all directions.”

“He gives pleasure and gives every Indian a sense of pride that such a fantastic player is in the Indian camp because he is a once-in-a-generation player, especially in this format,” he added.

With his unbeaten third T20I century, Suryakumar rewrote the historical past books. He turned the quickest participant to succeed in 1,500 runs within the shortest format when it comes to balls taken. The right-handed batter took solely 843 balls to succeed in this landmark in T20I cricket, the quickest amongst all gamers. He is the third-fastest to succeed in the 1,500-run mark in T20Is when it comes to innings.

The quickest batters to succeed in the landmark when it comes to innings are Indian batters Virat Kohli, KL Rahul, Australian veteran Aaron Finch and Pakistan skipper Babar Azam, who all took 39 innings to attain 1,500 runs in T20Is. Pakistan wicketkeeper-batter Mohammed Rizwan reached the milestone in 42 innings and Suryakumar did so in 43 innings.

(With ANI Inputs)

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