Suryakumar Yadav long-established Team India’s memorable win over Sri Lanka within the third and closing T20I of the bilateral collection on the Saurashtra Cricket Association Stadium on Saturday. The on-song batter performed a scintillating knock to ensure Hardik Pandya-led India end forward of Sri Lanka within the collection decider at Rajkot. After Rahul Tripathi’s essential cameo gave India a rollicking begin within the powerplay, Suryakumar joined forces with opener Shubman Gill because the batting duo laid the inspiration for a match-winning complete at Rajkot.

While opener Gill missed out on his maiden T20I half-century, Suryakumar remained unbeaten and slammed his third century within the shortest format of the sport. Riding on Suryakumar’s scintillating knock of 112* off 51 balls, Pandya-led India posted a large complete of 228/5 in 20 overs. Speaking on the presentation ceremony, Indian skipper Pandya lauded in-form Suryakumar for his batting brilliance.

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“I think he has been surprising everyone every innings that he is batting. He is just telling us that batting is so easy. If I were bowling to him, I’d be disheartened on seeing his batting, with the shot he plays. He has played blinders after blinders,” Pandya mentioned. After Suryakumar guided India to a huge complete, pacer Arshdeep Singh bagged three scalps whereas Yuzvendra Chahal and Umran Malik shared 4 wickets to bowl out Sri Lanka for 137 in 16.4 overs.

Premier batter Suryakumar was named the Player of the Match for his batting heroics. Stand-in skipper Pandya additionally praised Tripathi for enjoying a small cameo in India’s win over Sri Lanka within the collection decider. The Indian all-rounder was additionally quizzed about giving recommendation to Suryakumar, who has been India’s go-to batter within the shortest format. “Special mention to Rahul Tripathi – the ball was doing something but he showed great intent. Then SKY did his thing. You don’t need to tell him anything, he knows what to do. If there is any situation where he is unsure, we have our chats but more often than not, he knows what to do,” Pandya added.