Suryakumar Yadav, less than 20 months after making his India debut, has surpassed Pakistan’s wicketkeeper-batter Mohammad Rizwan at the top of the ICC T20I batting rankings. On Wednesday, in a pivotal T20 World Cup game against Bangladesh, he accomplished the mark by batting 30 runs in only 16 balls. In addition to his team’s success, Suryakumar has been in excellent form at this T20 World Cup. However, he didn’t realize the accomplishment until an interview with ICC after the game, and his response was priceless.
After Virat Kohli, Suryakumar became just the second Indian player in history to lead the ICC T20I rankings for batters.
Just ahead of the Zimbabwe game, he had 164 runs at an average of 180.21 after four games. There are two fifty-plus scores to his credit.
On Saturday, he was set to play a key role when India played against Zimbabwe in their last group stage match and he did play such. India were in a spot of bother when he came out to bat. Surya did what he does the best. He manipulated the field and scored runs all round the ground. He scored 61* runs in 25 balls.
Suryakumar Yadav also registered yet another record. He became the first Indian and only second player to score 1000 T20I runs in a calendar year. The form that SKY is in, he is sure to break many more record. Currently, he is definitely the best batsman in the world in the T20I format.
India Playing XI: KL Rahul, Rohit Sharma (c), Virat Kohli, Suryakumar Yadav, Hardik Pandya, Rishabh Pant (w), Axar Patel, Ravichandran Ashwin, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Mohammed Shami, Arshdeep Singh
Zimbabwe Playing XI: Wesley Madhevere, Craig Ervine (c), Regis Chakabva (w), Sean Williams, Sikandar Raza, Tony Munyonga, Ryan Burl, Tendai Chatara, Richard Ngarava, Wellington Masakadza, Blessing Muzarabani
Twitter Reacts:
Surya Kumar Yadav becomes the first Indian and only second player to score 1000 T20I runs in a calendar year.
— Broken Cricket (@BrokenCricket) November 6, 2022
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SKY NO LIMIT
Advertisement— Modern Aryabhatta 🇮🇳 (@AgentAryaa) November 6, 2022
Fifty by Suryakumar Yadav in just 23 balls – another incredible innings by an incredible player! Sky is here to rule. pic.twitter.com/EhCVAzCcHE
— Mufaddal Vohra (@mufaddal_vohra) November 6, 2022
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Suryakumar Yadav completes 1,000 runs in T20Is💥 pic.twitter.com/SEyZfrhV68
Advertisement— CricTracker (@Cricketracker) November 6, 2022
This is CEO Suryakumar Yadav's World, we are just living in it.🥵💥
Lord SKY leading from the front!👊🥳#INDvZIM #T20WorldCup #SuryakumarYadav pic.twitter.com/uyQBb0nlDy
Advertisement— Boom Baam Academy (@BoomBaamAcademy) November 6, 2022
Only batsman in the world to complete 1000 t20 runs with a strike rate of 180.
Suryakumar Yadav ❤️ pic.twitter.com/OUXeZiqKfU
Advertisement— Akshat (@AkshatOM10) November 6, 2022
🔥🏏 𝐒𝐊𝐘 𝐇𝐈𝐆𝐇! Suryakumar Yadav completed 1️⃣0️⃣0️⃣0️⃣ T20I runs in 2022.
😍 This is also his 1️⃣0️⃣th 50+ score in T20Is this year!
Advertisement📸 Getty • #SuryakumarYadav #INDvZIM #ZIMvIND #T20WorldCup #TeamIndia #BharatArmy pic.twitter.com/kQXd07W55J
— The Bharat Army (@thebharatarmy) November 6, 2022
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1000+ Runs With 180+ SR #SuryakumarYadav 🇮🇳💥 #INDvZIM pic.twitter.com/CS7yKwjelf
Advertisement— ஒத்த கை உலககோப்பை (@ok_uk_) November 6, 2022
This is ridiculous batting by SKY. Taking a ball way outside the off stump and depositing it over the boundary at square leg #INDvsZIM You beauty 😍 #t20worldcup
— Yellove and Blues Cricket Podcast (@YelloveandBlues) November 6, 2022
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