Indian skipper Suryakumar Yadav completed 2000 T20I runs during the IND vs SA 2nd T20I. Before the game, Suryakumar Yadav needed just 15 runs to achieve the milestone and the right-handed batter took no time in completing the record on Tuesday (December 12). After reaching the 15-run mark in the IND vs SA 2nd T20I, Suryakumar Yadav equaled with Virat Kohli as quickest batter to complete 2000 runs in T20Is. Both batters achieved the milestone in 56 matches.
Speaking about the toss, South Africa won the toss and invited the visitors to have a bat first in Port Elizabeth. “Very happy to be here and happy to know there’s some cricket around. We were confused what to do, but now we are very happy to bat first. It’s an opportunity for everyone playing this game. World Cup is still 5-6 months away. Just enjoy yourself is the message to the team,” said skipper Suryakumar Yadav.
IND vs SA playing XIs:
India: Yashasvi Jaiswal, Shubman Gill, Tilak Varma, Suryakumar Yadav(c), Rinku Singh, Jitesh Sharma(w), Ravindra Jadeja, Kuldeep Yadav, Mohammed Siraj, Arshdeep Singh, Mukesh Kumar
South Africa: Matthew Breetzke, Reeza Hendricks, Aiden Markram (c), Heinrich Klaasen (wk), David Miller, Tristan Stubbs, Marco Jansen, Andile Phehlukwayo, Gerald Coetzee, Lizaad Williams, Tabraiz Shamsi
