Suryakumar Yadav has become the talk of the town after his marvelous century against the England cricket team in the final T20I of the three-match series. Playing for the Indian cricket team, Yadav smashed a 117-run knock in a run-chase of 216 runs, keeping the visitors’ hopes alive at Trent Bridge despite Rishabh Pant, Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli departing to the dressing room early.
Yadav came out to bat when the Indian cricket team’s score was 31/3 at the end of five overs. The right-handed batter paced his innings in a splendid fashion and became the fifth Indian batter after Rohit Sharma, KL Rahul, Suresh Raina and Deepak Hooda to score a century in the shortest format of the game at the international level.
Unfortunately, Yadav’s century ended in a losing cause today. The right-handed batter aggregated 117 runs off 55 deliveries, smashing 14 fours and six sixes. He batted at a strike rate of 212 and kept India’s hopes alive. India eventually fell short by 17 runs as they finished with 198/9 in 20 overs.
Soon after Suryakumar completed his maiden T20I ton, fans dug out an 11-year-old tweet from Rohit Sharma which he posted in 2011. Here’s what Rohit wrote:
“Just got done with BCCI awards here in chennai..some exciting cricketers coming up..Suryakumar yadav from Mumbai to watch out for in future!”
Just got done with BCCI awards here in chennai..some exciting cricketers coming up..Suryakumar yadav from Mumbai to watch out for in future!
— Rohit Sharma (@ImRo45) December 10, 2011
There was an unbelievable knock: Reece Topley praises Suryakumar Yadav
In a match where two teams scored more than 400 runs in 40 overs, fast bowler Reece Topley won the Man of the Match award. He praised Yadav’s batting in the post-match presentation and said:
“Different batters, some are set and some aren’t. You just want to come out and restrict runs. We wanted to take early wickets. There was an unbelievable knock from their side. I was speechless by some of shots, unbelievable.”
