After reaching his century off only 49 balls in the 19th over of the innings, Suryakumar Yadav, who is the most key batter for India, is the man of the moment for team India. Following New Zealand captain Kane Williamson’s decision to bowl first after winning the toss in the second T20I of the three-match series at Bay Oval, Mount Maunganui, Rishabh Pant (6) was dismissed in the sixth over of the innings. While Umran Malik and Shubman Gill did not make the cut, Yuzvendra Chahal and Mohammed Siraj did.
To keep India’s score below 200, New Zealand must be overjoyed. Southee took a hat trick and gave up just five runs in his last over. But more crucially, SKY, the man of the hour, was off strike. To what extent that proves to be decisive, only time will tell.
Suryakumar Yadav returned not out on 111 runs off 51 balls. He hit 11 boundaries and 7 sixes during his stay at the crease. India needed the blitz from Surya Kumar Yadav after the powerplay they had.
It was his second hundred in a Twenty20 International, and he is presently unrivalled in this format. SKY batted like he was from another planet after Pant and Ishan Kishan faltered and Shreyas Iyer stumbled and stepped on his stumps despite looking solid.
The lofted extra-cover drive, the inside-out hit over extra-cover, the go inside the line and help it over fine-leg, the ramp, and the cuts over backward point: all strokes that he has made famous. From the very beginning, he exuded class and mad form, and he left no stone unturned.
New Zealand Playing XI: Finn Allen, Devon Conway (wk), Kane Williamson (c), Glenn Phillips, Daryl Mitchell, James Neesham, Mitchell Santner, Ish Sodhi, Tim Southee, Adam Milne, Lockie Ferguson
India Playing XI: Ishan Kishan, Rishabh Pant (wk), Suryakumar Yadav, Shreyas Iyer, Deepak Hooda, Hardik Pandya (c), Washington Sundar, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Arshdeep Singh, Mohammed Siraj, Yuzvendra Chahal
Twitter Reacts:
Batsman Maintaining Both Avg and S/R He is impeccable https://t.co/jYniPIvMlU
— 4.0🇦🇷 (@NenuRolex) November 20, 2022
Best T20 batsman currently and no one is even close to him! 🔥🔥🔥 https://t.co/pkDxzpO8PM
— Dil Dil Argentina 🇦🇷 🇦🇷 🇦🇷 (@FIFA_For_Messi) November 20, 2022
This is insane. https://t.co/dCg8SLdhZk
— ഒറ്റപ്പെട്ടവൻ (@YoursLonelyFrnd) November 20, 2022
IF THIS IS RIGHT THATS 800 BOUNDRY RUNS 💀💀💀💀🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥 https://t.co/rMTfmj1BKj
— ayush (@djchettan) November 20, 2022
Crazy 😧 https://t.co/UbVLAVfTJ0
— TSG (@_goodonestaken) November 20, 2022
Outrageous numbers https://t.co/tLB3mkJMee
— DJ CSK (Tamil Paiyyan) (@djcskchan420) November 20, 2022
Unreal man https://t.co/kZCHy7id9R
— MUKUT (@mukutposting) November 20, 2022
That strike rate! jeez https://t.co/F0Z3FsQXze
— Nakul (@imnacool__) November 20, 2022
