Indian batter Suryakumar Yadav played a sensational knock in the 3rd T20I against the West Indies. He scored 83 off 44 balls, hitting 10 fours and 4 sixes. Yadav was severe against the West Indies pacers, slamming them all over the park. Thanks to his blistering knock, India managed to get its first win in the 5-match series.
During his marathon innings, Yadav completed 100 sixes in the shortest format of the game, becoming the third Indian batter to achieve the milestone. Yadav also became the second quickest to reach the milestone after West Indies opener Evin Lewis.
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Most 6s for India in T20I
182 – Rohit Sharma (140 innings)
117 – Virat Kohli (107 innings)
100 – Suryakumar (49 innings)
Yadav came to bat in the first over after debutant Yashasvi Jaiswal fell after scoring one off two in the 160-run chase. He cleared the short fine-leg fence off Romario Shepherd in the 10th over to hit his 100th six. Meanwhile, the Men in Blue completed an easy chase during the third T20I and get one step closer to levelling the series.
I think it was really important to be myself when I went to bat. That is what the team management wanted from me at that point in time. I think I practiced these strokes a lot when I used to bat back at my home. I think we have batted together for a long time now. We understand how we bat [with Tilak Varma] together. It was his day to bat with more maturity. The way you are batting it is giving me the opportunity to express myself. It was a great thing to bat alongside him,” Suryakumar said in the post match presentation.
It was running at the back of the [that India were 2-0 behind in the series] mind. It is a human tendency. We had a team meeting yesterday. Captain said that it was very important to put the hands up and put up a show,” he added.
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