IND vs WI: Suryakumar Yadav Goes Past Rohit Sharma And Shikhar Dhawan In Elite Lists After Whirlwind Knock
Published - 09 Aug 2023, 03:24 PM | Updated - 23 Aug 2024, 12:16 AM
Suryakumar Yadav, on Tuesday (August 8), starred with the bat to power India to an impressive 7-wicket win over West Indies in the must-win third T20I. Having lost the first two games of the five-match series, India needed to win the third game to keep the series alive and they responded in style.
Set a target of 160 runs, India started poorly with the bat as both of their openers – Yashasvi Jaiswal (1) and Shubman Gill (6) – failed to do well. However, Suryakumar Yadav did not let West Indies capitalize on the early breakthroughs. He started playing the big shots right from ball one to push West Indies on the back foot.
He went on to score 83 runs off just 44 balls with the help of 10 fours and four sixes. On a pitch where most of the batsmen struggled to play the shots, he looked a class apart. Suryakumar Yadav also shared a decisive partnership of 87 runs with Tilak Varma who remained unbeaten on 49. India eventually crossed the finishing line in the 18th over.
Suryakumar Yadav achieves milestones:
The blazing knock in the third T20I also saw Suryakumar Yadav create several milestones for himself. While he missed out on a deserved century, he scored enough to go past Shikhar Dhawan in the list of most T20I runs for Team India. While Dhawan has scored 1759 runs in 68 T20Is, Suryakumar Yadav’s tally stands at 1780 runs in just 49 innings.
He is now at the fourth spot on the list. The list is led by Virat Kohli who has scored 4008 runs. At number two is Rohit Sharma who scored 3853 runs while following him at number three is KL Rahul with 2265 runs. Suryakumar Yadav and Dhawan complete the top five.
List of most T20I runs for Team India:
| Player | Mat | Runs | HS | Ave | SR | 100 | 50 |
| Virat Kohli | 115 | 4008 | 122* | 52.73 | 137.96 | 1 | 37 |
| Rohit Sharma | 148 | 3853 | 118 | 31.32 | 139.24 | 4 | 29 |
| KL Rahul | 72 | 2265 | 110* | 37.75 | 139.12 | 2 | 22 |
| Suryakumar Yadav | 51 | 1780 | 117 | 45.64 | 174.33 | 3 | 14 |
| Shikhar Dhawan | 68 | 1759 | 92 | 27.92 | 126.36 | – | 11 |
| MS Dhoni | 98 | 1617 | 56 | 37.6 | 126.13 | – | 2 |
| Suresh Raina | 78 | 1605 | 101 | 29.18 | 134.87 | 1 | 5 |
| Hardik Pandya | 90 | 1334 | 71* | 25.65 | 141.01 | – | 3 |
| Yuvraj Singh | 58 | 1177 | 77* | 28.02 | 136.38 | – | 8 |
| Shreyas Iyer | 49 | 1043 | 74* | 30.67 | 135.98 | – | 7 |
Suryakumar Yadav has also moved past Rohit Sharma in the list of most Man of the Match awards for India in the shortest format of the game. He is now at the second spot with 12 Man of the Match awards, one more than what Rohit has earned. Kohli is leading this list too with 15 Man of the Match awards.
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