India tour of New Zealand: Former captain Virat Kohli took to social media to heap reward on Suryakumar Yadav, who hit a 51-ball 111 not out in Mount Maunganui. Kohli conceded he was not watching Surya’s knock stay on tv.
New Delhi,UPDATED: Nov 20, 2022 14:59 IST
Suryakumar Yadav hit a 51-ball 111 not out vs New Zealand in Mount Maunganui (AP Photo)
By India Today Web Desk: Not many Indian cricket followers can preserve calm when Suryakumar Yadav retains hitting it out of the park with ünreal ease in T20I cricket and Virat Kohli appears to be no exception. The former India captain took to social media to heap reward on Suryakumar, who hit his 2nd hundred within the shortest format of the sport in a T20I match between India and New Zealand on Sunday, November 20.
Suryakumar Yadav hit 7 sixes and 11 boundaries for his 51-ball 111 not out within the 2nd T20I as he scored greater than half of India’s complete of 191 in Mount Maunganui. Suryakumar turned the 2nd India batter after Rohit Sharma to hit greater than 2 tons of in T20Is in a calendar yr. Suryakumar had scored his maiden T20I hundred in Nottingham earlier this yr towards England.
Taking to Twitter, Virat Kohli conceded that he was not watching Suryakumar Yadav’s knock stay however heaped reward on the World No. 1 T20I batter, lauding his unorthodox big-hitting abilities.
“Numero Uno showing why he’s the best in the world. Didn’t watch it live but I’m sure this was another video game innings by him,” Virat Kohli stated in his put up.
Numero Uno displaying why he is the very best on this planet. Didn’t watch it stay however I’m positive this was one other online game innings by him. 😂 @surya_14kumar
— Virat Kohli (@imVkohli) November 20, 2022
Messages of reward poured in for Suryakumar with former cricketers Irfan Pathan and Virender Sehwag utilizing their wordplay abilities to understand the knock from the in-form Mumbai batter.
Virat Kohli has been an enormous admirer of Suryakumar Yadav and the previous captain has by no means missed a chance to laud Suryakumar’s consistency and sophistication in T20I cricket. Kohli and Suryakumar have been concerned in a couple of match-winning stands for India in T20Is within the latest previous.
Kohli has usually been noticed feeling awestruck by the unorthodox photographs that Suryakumar performs to govern the sphere and bamboozle opposition bowlers.
Suryakumar took his tally in 2022 to 1151 runs in 30 matches. The India batter turned the primary on this planet to attain greater than 1000 T20I runs within the ongoing calendar yr. Suryakumar has 2 centuries and 9 fifties in 2022, which has proved to be a golden yr for the Mumbai batter, who arduous waited lengthy to earn his recognition on the highest stage.
Suryakumar expertly outsmarted the New Zealand bowlers on Sunday, by no means letting spinners Ish Sodhi and Mitchell Santner cool down. He made good use of the tempo of Lockie Ferguson by taking part in the previous Gujarat Titans bowler behind the sq. as India collected 72 runs within the final 5 overs within the 2nd T20I.
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Nov 20, 2022
