Asia Cup 2022, IND vs HK: Suryakumar Yadav wins hearts, fans fail to keep calm
Cricket | August 31, 2022 23:04 ISTVirat Kohli showed a heartfelt gesture by bowing down to Yadav after his innings.
Virat Kohli showed a heartfelt gesture by bowing down to Yadav after his innings.
The 31-year-old Yadav has scored 672 runs at an average of 37.33 and a strike rate of 175.45 in 23 T20 matches. He is now positioned at No.2 in the ICC T20 Batter Rankings, behind Pakistan skipper Babar Azam.
Apart from sharing the Indian dressing room, both Rohit and Suryakumar represented Mumbai in domestic cricket and play for the same IPL side, Mumbai Indians.
SKY started cautiously, and was at 26 off 19 deliveries at one stage. But all hell broke loose as soon as Livingstone came to bowl. Yadav took him on, slammed 15 in the over, and gave life to a dying chase.
Will the selectors back Rishabh Pant? Or will they take the bold call to drop one of Surya or Dinesh?
Mumbai Indians batter Suryakumar Yadav was ruled out of the IPL 2022 owing to a left forearm muscle injury
Mumbai Indians batter Suryakumar Yadav has been ruled out of the IPL 2022 owing to a left forearm muscle injury. Yadav sustained the injury during the team’s fixture against Gujarat Titans on 6th May.
The two teams head into the game at the DY Patil Stadium on the back of contrasting starts to the 15th edition of the tournament.
Suryakumar Yadav had undergone rehabilitation at the National Cricket Academy in Bangalore after suffering from a finger injury during India vs West Indies series last month.
The Indian middle-order duo of Suryakumar and Venkatesh Iyer climbed to 21st and 115th spots respectively in the batter's rankings.
In-form India batter Suryakumar Yadav was on Wednesday ruled out of the three-match T20 International series against Sri Lanka owing to a hairline fracture on his hand.
In the opening T20 against the West Indies here on Wednesday, India suffered a few hiccups after a flying start given by skipper Rohit Sharma (40) but Yadav revived their 158-run chase with an unbeaten 18-ball 34.
India and West Indies will lock horns in the second ODI on Wednesday at the Narendra Modi Stadium. Rohit and boys sealed a comfortable six-wicket win in the first ODI and the Men in Blue did not have to break a sweat.
Suryakumar also spoke about his chat with West Indies skipper Kieron Pollard during the first ODI.
India opener KL Rahul gained a slot to occupy the fifth spot while middle-order batter Suryakumar Yadav galloped 24 places to the 59th position in the ICC men's T20I player rankings.
India batter KL Rahul was ruled out of first Test against New Zealand due to injury, said BCCI sources on Tuesday.
Suryakumar Yadav (62) and Rohit Sharma (48) starred with the bat as India chased down 165 to defeat New Zealand by five wickets in the first T20I of the three-match series at the Sawai Mansingh Stadium.
The Man of the match, who scored a 40-ball 62 in India's five-wicket win, said dew allowed to score run easily at the beginning of India's innings but the wicket slowed towards the end.
Middle-order batter Suryakumar Yadav was on Sunday rested from India's important T20 World Cup game against New Zealand after he "complained of back-spasm", leading to a forced change in the playing eleven.
In the first half of IPL 2021, Yadav scored 173 runs in seven matches at an average of 24.71 and strike rate of 144.16.
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