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Team India’s batting sensation Suryakumar Yadav once again displayed his charisma as he smashed a brilliant century in the second T20I against New Zealand in Mount Maunganui on Sunday.
Surya lit up the Bay Oval stadium with his extraordinary batting display. The Pune-born cricketer took Black Caps bowlers to the cleaners, reaching the triple-figure score with consecutive fours off Lockie Ferguson in the penultimate over. This was Suryakumar’s second century in the shortest format. His maiden T20I ton came against England in Nottingham earlier this year.
Suryakumar remained unbeaten on 111 off 51 deliveries and with the help of his incredible knock, the Men in Blue posted 19൲1/6 in their allotted 20 overs.
Highest individual T20I scores for India:
- 122*(61) – Virat Kohli vs Afg, Dubai 2022
- 118 (43) – Rohit Sharma vs SL, Indore 2017
- 117 (55) – Suryakumar Yadav vs Eng, Nottingham 2022
- 111*(51) – Suryakumar Yadav vs NZ, Mt Maunganui 2022
- 111*(61) – Rohit Sharma vs WI, Lucknow 2018
“In T20, a hundred is always special, but at the same time, it was really important for me to bat till the very end. Hardik was telling me to bat till the 18th or 19th over and get to a score of 185 or so. After the end of the 16th over, we had a chat about taking it deep,” Suryakumar said in the mid-innings break.
Here is how Twitter reacted:
A fantastic 💯 for off 49 deliveries. 💪👏🔥
— BCCI (@BCCI)
TAKE A BOW! 🙌
ꦇSuryakumar Yadav brings up his second T20I hundred 💥
Watch the series live on (in sel𒐪ect regions) 📺
— ICC (@ICC)
Suryakumar Yadav ❤️❤️❤️❤️
— Ian Raphael Bishop (@irbishi)
Congratulations for 111 (51) love to watch
— 𝕸𝖔𝖍𝖆𝖒𝖒𝖆𝖉 𝖘𝖍𝖆𝖒𝖎 (@MdShami11)
Another T20 hundred for Superstar ku🍌mar Yadav, Well played keep shining.
— Amit Mishra (@MishiAmit)
🌞🌞🌞🌞🏏
— Gautam Gambhir (@GautamGambhir)
Easily the best T20 batsman in the world SKY
&mdꦗash; Laxman Sivaramakrishna🍌n (@LaxmanSivarama1)
. these days 😄🙌🏽 phenomenal inns 👏🏽👏🏽
— Wasim Jaffer (@WasimJaffer14)
Wow .. !!! Not many be♕tter in the World at the momen𓆉t …
— Michael Vaughan (@MichaelVaughan)
Absolutely privilওeged to watch both T20I hundreds by ꦗfrom the ground. What an innings!
— Vimal कुमार (@Vimalwa)
Surya Kumaౠr Yadav is poetry in motion.꧂ A very well deserved 100. Just brilliant. 🔥
— Chloe-Amanda Bailey (@ChloeAmandaB)
This is almost illegal!
SKY brings up his second century in T20Is. 1️⃣0️⃣0️⃣ off just 4️⃣9️⃣ deliℱveries. 🤯
He’s not done yet, ☝️over to go!
— Royal Challengers Bangalore (@RCBTweets)
Most T20I hundreds by Indians in a year:
2 – Rohit Sharma in 2018
2 – Suryakumar Yadav in 2022— Kausthub Gudipati (@kaustats)
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Fair to✃ say that Surya is India’s first proper T20 batter??
— Aakash Chopra (@cricketaakash)
Surya sir seems to have 2-3 shots for every ball.
He bats in his own imaginary land.
— Bharath Ramaraj (@Fancricket12)
𝑬𝒌𝒂𝒄𝒉 𝒗𝒂𝒂𝒅𝒂. 𝑺𝒖𝒓𝒚𝒂 𝑫𝒂𝒅𝒂. 💙
100 for SKY in just 49 balls! 😎
— Mumbai Indians (@mipaltan)
5️⃣0️⃣ to 1️⃣0️⃣0️⃣ in 17 balls 🤯
SKY is definitely from another planet ♥️
— SunRisers Hyderabad (@SunRisers)
What a man 💪❤️💪 Indha year auction la irundhirundha
20+ cr dhan 💪💪💪— Sathish (@actorsathish)
100 is secondary but the way you🦩 bat…the strike rate you score at…you are a real Sky for team India bcs you take India Sky High…another beautiful 100
— Samip Rajguru (@samiprajguru)
Surya Kumar Yadav has hit 67 sixes in T20I cricket this year, insane! Mohammad Rizwan struck 42 sixes last year to create that record, SKY has hit 25 more than him. This record may not be beaten anytiওme soon.
— Farid Khan (@_FaridKhan)
Dear SKY,
Accept our ☀️🙏 for your 💯 | |
— Lucknow Super Giants (@LucknowIPL)
