Suryakumar Yadav had once again shown his talent in the shortest format of cricket and hit his second T20I century in the 2nd T20I against the Kiwis. The young Indian side won the match by 65 runs under the captaincy of Hardik Pandya. In the absence of regular captain Rohit Sharma, run-machine Virat Kohli, and opener KL Rahul, Surya played a splendid inning of 111* runs off 51 balls with the help of 11 fours and 5 sixes.
Earlier, the host won the toss and invited the visitor to bat first. Once again the start of men in blue wasn’t up to the mark and they added just 42 runs on the board with a loss of a wicket in power play. Then Surya came to bat, and he played outrageous shots all over the ground against the world’s strongest bowling side and lifted the Indian scorecard to 191/6. In reply, kiwis batters were seen struggling on their own backyard, except skipper Kane Williamson 61 runs off 52 deliveries none of the kiwi batters played as they are known for, and they lost the clash by 65 runs. After the swashbuckling performance, Surya was named as the player of the match.
In the post-match conference, Surya talked about his maverick inning and his chances of playing the longest format of cricket for India.
“When we start playing cricket we start with red ball and I have also played first-class cricket for my Mumbai team… it was quite okay, so I have a fair idea about the Test format and I enjoy playing that format also. Hopefully, I will get the Test cap soon” SKY said.
Further, he said I always try to find a positive side even in the bad phase. Me and my wife discuss all the things from the time we started from now.
“I always keep going back to my past. When I am in the room or traveling with my wife, we keep talking how the situation was two-three years ago. What is the situation now, what has changed now from then, we keep discussing that time. Obviously, there was a bit of frustration at that time but we always tried to see if there was something positive I could take out of that phase. How could I become a better cricketer, how to go one step ahead,” Suryakumar added.
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Currently, Suryakumar Yadav is NO.1 ICC T20 player in the world, has played 41 T20I matches. He made his international debut against England at Narendra Modi Stadium in 2021.
