IND vs WI: Suryakumar Yadav Equals Virat Kohli, Babar Azam's Sensational T20I Record

The 32-year-old India National Cricket Team middle-order batter Suryakumar Yadav has equaled the massive record of Virat Kohli and Babar Azam in T20I cricket following his stellar batting show in the series-deciding T20I clash against West Indies National Cricket Team.

Suryakumar Yadav was once again the top performer for the Men In Blue in the crucial fifth T20I. He came to bat in the first over itself after the dismissal of Yashasvi Jaiswal for 5.

The pitch at the Central Broward Regional Park Stadium Turf Ground, Lauderhill was not like the previous T20I and it looked quite slow and sluggish. Except for Suryakumar Yadav and Tilak Varma, all the Indian batters failed to perform well in the match and Suryakumar was the only one who scored 30-plus runs.

Suryakumar Yadav wasn’t able to bat with an outstanding strike rate as usual, but he made an important contribution with the bat. He scored 61 runs off 45 balls, with 4 fours and 3 sixes. His innings helped India post a good total of 165/9 on the board.

Suryakumar Yadav Equals Virat Kohli and Babar Azam’s Record

As Suryakumar Yadav hit a half-century against West Indies in the fifth T20I on Sunday, August 13, he registered his 18th fifty-plus score in T20I cricket.

With this, he equaled Kohli and Babar’s record for scoring the most fifty-plus runs after 50 innings in T20I cricket. Both Babar and Kohli had registered as many as 18 fifty-plus scores after playing 50 T20I innings. KL Rahul is second on the list with 17 fifty-plus scores after 50 innings.

Most 50+ scores after 50 T20I innings

18 – Suryakumar Yadav

18 – Babar Azam

18 – Virat Kohli

17 – KL Rahul

16 – Mohammad Rizwan

15 – Chris Gayle

15 – Dawid Malan

The No.1 ranked T20I batsman Suryakumar sits in the fourth position on the list of most runs scored after 50 T20I innings. Kohli tops the list with 1943 runs and he is followed by Babar Azam (1942 runs) and Mohammad Rizwan (1888 runs).

Most T20I Runs in the first 50 innings (Avg/SR)

1943: Virat Kohli (54/138)

1942: Babar Azam (47/131)

1888: Mohammad Rizwan (51/128)

1841: Suryakumar Yadav (46/172)*

1751: KL Rahul (41/143)

1692: Dawid Malan (39/139)

Overall, Suryakumar Yadav has scored 1841 runs at an average of 46.02 and an amazing strike rate of 172.70, including 3 tons and 15 half-centuries after 50 T20I innings.