Suryakumar Yadav on Saturday played among the very best knocks of his profession as he smashed a spectacular century in the 3rd and last T20I versus Sri Lanka. Yadav scored an unbeaten 112 off 51 balls to assist India win the video game and protect the three-match series 2-1. After the match, Yadav had a chat with Team India’s head coach Rahul Dravid for the BCCI’s main site and social networks deals with.
The video has actually been shared by the BCCI on its main Twitter deal with. Dravid, who is understood for being soft-spoken, stated something so amusing that even Yadav could not manage his laughter. Admiring Yadav’s fantastic knock and the speed with which he scored, Dravid recommended that the middle-order batsman would’ve never ever seen him bat as a kid. Dravid was a protective cricketer throughout his playing days. Dravid’s remark left Yadav in divides.
“Just beautiful to have somebody here with me, who I make certain, as a young kid maturing, did not enjoy me bat. And I hope you didn’t. I’m sure you didn’t,” Dravid stated in the video. Yadav disrupted Dravid in between and stated, “I did,” to let his coach understand that he too as a young cricket fan in the 2000s was a huge fan of the previous India captain.
SKY’s assists India win versus Sri Lanka
Yadav’s century assisted India publish a substantial overall of 228/5 in 20 overs. Indian bowlers then bowled Sri Lanka out for simply 137 go to win the 3rd and last T20I by a big margin of 91 runs. This is India’s fourth-biggest win in T20Is in regards to margin of runs. Thanks to the win, India protected the three-match series 2-1. Yadav was called the gamer of the match for his exceptional knock.
Yadav now stands 2nd on the list of gamers to score the most number of centuries in T20I cricket. While Yadav struck his 3rd century in the format on Saturday, Rohit Sharma (4) is the only gamer to score more hundreds than him. Glenn Maxwell, Colin Munro, and Sabawoon Davizi are the other cricketers who have 3 T20I centuries to their credit.
Yadav likewise ended up being the third-fastest gamer to score 1500 T20I runs. Just Virat Kohli, KL Rahul, Aaron Finch, Babar Azam, and Mohammad Rizwan lead him on the list. Apart from Rizwan, all of those gamers took 39 innings to reach the landmark. Rizwan took 42 innings, while Yadav took 43 innings to score 1500 T20I runs.
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