Australia. The world of T20 cricket has found a star in the form of Suryakumar Yadav who will shine as one of the greatest players in the world in times to come. When Suryakumar Yadav’s bat speaks, the bowlers of the opposition team come to their knees. Suryakumar Yadav, who has made his mark around the world as Mr 360°, has now become the backbone of the Indian team. Thanks to his bat in this World Cup, the Indian team has reached the semi-finals. In 5 matches played so far, this batsman has scored 225 runs with a strike rate of 193.96 and an impressive average of 75.
World No. 1 T20 batsman Suryakumar Yadav also played an unbeaten innings of 61 runs in the last match of Super-12 against Zimbabwe. Captain Rohit Sharma was very impressed after seeing this performance of Surya during the tournament. After registering a 71-run win over Zimbabwe, the Indian skipper heaped praise on Suriya, saying what he is doing for the team is commendable.
After the T20 match played between India and Zimbabwe, Rohit Sharma said, ‘What he is doing for the team is commendable. It is very important from the team’s point of view to take the pressure off the other batsmen with the bat. We know his ability and because of that other batsmen also get time. There is a lot of comfort in the dugout when he bats and the confidence he shows. He has shown a lot of patience. This is something we expect from him and he is playing to his strengths.
If we talk about this T20 World Cup then Suryakumar Yadav is batting brilliantly. He has reached the top three with Virat Kohli in the list of highest run-scorers in the T20 World Cup 2022. Kohli remains at the top of the list with 246 runs.
In the match against Zimbabwe, Suryakumar Yadav created another history by playing a blistering innings of 61 runs. He has become the first batsman to score 1000 runs in T20I cricket in a calendar year. At the same time, he is the second batsman after Mohammad Rizwan to reach this position in world cricket. Rizwan had crossed the 1000 runs mark last year itself.
It is worth noting that this year also Suryakumar Yadav is on top in terms of scoring the most runs, behind him is Mohammad Rizwan with 924 runs. At the same time, King Kohli is at the third position in this list with 731 runs.
As soon as Suryakumar Yadav achieved this feat, his name has been associated with cricket legend Sunil Gavaskar and Sachin Tendulkar among the world’s greatest players. In Test cricket, where Sunil Gavaskar first scored 1000 runs in a year in 1976, Sachin Tendulkar did this feat in 1994 in ODI cricket. In the year 2022, Suryakumar Yadav has made his place in this special list by reaching this position for India for the first time in T20 cricket.