Suryakumar Yadav hits third T20I hundred vs Sri Lanka to go away cricket fraternity in awe: Best on this planet

India vs Sri Lanka, third T20I: Right-handed batter Suryakumar Yadav was at his absolute best after he scored 112 runs within the final and last recreation of the sequence in Rajkot.

New Delhi,UPDATED: Jan 7, 2023 21:21 IST

Suryakumar hits third T20I hundred vs SL to go away cricket fraternity in awe

By India Today Web Desk: Suryakumar Yadav, on Saturday, January 7, hit his third hundred in T20Is to go away the cricket fraternity awestruck. The right-hander smashed the second-fastest T20I hundred by an Indian batter of 45 balls, going previous KL Rahul, who acquired to a 46-ball century in opposition to the West Indies again in 2016 in Lauderhill.

Suryakumar got here to bat after India misplaced the wickets of Ishan Kishan and Rahul Tripathi within the powerplay. From there on, he didn’t look again and acquired to his half-century off 26 balls. He was additionally concerned in a partnership of 113 runs together with Shubman Gill, who scored 46 off 36 balls after failing within the first two matches of the sequence.

Suryakumar can also be one of many two Indian batters to attain three or extra a whole bunch in T20Is. Rohit Sharma is on high of the record with 4 a whole bunch for the Men in Blue within the shortest format of the sport. Among the large names, Glenn Maxwell and Colin Munro have three T20I a whole bunch to point out for his or her efforts.

In the meantime, the likes of Wasim Jaffer, Ian Bishop, Kamran Akmal, Unmukt Chand, Aakash Chopra and plenty of others heaped reward on Yadav for taking part in the masterful knock in opposition to Sri Lanka on the Saurashtra Cricket Association Stadium in Rajkot.

Malinga took to Twitter and wrote, “This is pure entertainment. A T20 batting masterclass from SKY. Loved watching every minute of it even though it was against SL. World’s best by far!”

Bishop wrote, “Imagine Suryakumar Yadav debuted 6 years ago. Would he be as good or has a debut at age 30 worked in his favor?”

Jaffer wrote, “Best in the world! And makes it look ridiculously easy. Well played.”

This is pure entertainment🔥
A T20 batting masterclass from SKY👏
Loved watching every minute of it even though it was against SL.
World’s greatest by far!🙌#INDvSL
— Lasith Malinga (@malinga_ninety9) January 7, 2023

Imagine Suryakumar Yadav debuted 6 years in the past. Would he be pretty much as good or has a debut at age 30 labored in his favor?
— Ian Raphael Bishop (@irbishi) January 7, 2023

Skills, method and Jigar Surya 💯🤩
— Mohammad Kaif (@MohammadKaif) January 7, 2023

What an incredible 💯 on 45 balls …price watching batting @surya_14kumar third International T20 century unbelievable participant #INDvSL
— Kamran Akmal (@KamiAkmal23) January 7, 2023

How good is Suryakumar Yadav!!!😮
— Tom Banton (@TBanton18) January 7, 2023

Incredible Surya!!! Mesmerising to the eyes. Unreal stuff #INDvSL
— Unmukt Chand (@UnmuktChand9) January 7, 2023

SKY is in a special league. League of his personal. Sensational stuff. Best T20 batter on this planet proper now… #IndvSL
— Aakash Chopra (@cricketaakash) January 7, 2023

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Published On:

Jan 7, 2023