The Sri Lankan cricket team, which has visited India, is currently playing a 3-match T20I series. In this, India won the first T20 match in Mumbai by 2 runs and Sri Lanka won by 16 runs in the 2nd match in Pune. Thus the series is tied at 1-1.
In this situation, the 3rd and last T20I match between these two teams started today at 7 PM in Rajkot, Gujarat. India won the toss and elected to bat.
Suryakumar who plays Rudhara Thandavam… 229 runs target for Sri Lanka!
In this game, action player Suryakumar Yadav, who came in after the wicket of Rahul Tripathi, formed a formidable partnership with opener Gill. Also, he played aggressively from the start. He first chased fours and then hit sixes in the following overs.
Even though the players paired with Suryakumar were out at one end, he did not give up his action and showed fireworks to the fans by raining sixes. Also, a 360-degree player, he chased balls to every corner of the ground. He went on to score a century off 45 balls. He was unbeaten on 112 off 51 balls with 9 sixes and 7 fours.
3rd T20I century in 9 months
Suryakumar, who showed quality performance in T20 cricket last year, has continued it this year as well. With his century in today’s game, he registered his 3rd T20I century in the last 9 months.
Fastest T20 century
In today’s match against Sri Lanka, Suryakumar became the 2nd Indian player to score the fastest T20 century by scoring a century in 45 balls.
Fastest T20I century (balls) by an Indian player:
Rohit Sharma- In 35 balls
Suryakumar Yadav – 45 balls
List of Indian players with highest centuries in T20Is (Top 4):
Rohit Sharma – 4
Suryakumar Yadav – 3
KL Rahul – 2
Virat Kohli – 1
Suryakumar preceded Rahul
Opener KL Rahul scored his 2nd T20I century in 46 matches against West Indies in 2016. In this situation, Suryakumar, who scored a century in today’s match, surpassed Rahul by recording his 3rd T20I century in just 43 matches.
5th player
Suryakumar Yadav became the 5th batsman after Rohit Sharma (4), Glenn Maxwell (3), Colin Munro (3) and Sabaoon Davies (3) to score three or more centuries in T20Is.
Indian players who have scored centuries in T20Is:
Rohit Sharma – 4
Suryakumar Yadav – 3
KL Rahul – 2
Suresh Raina – 1
Harmanpreet Kaur – 1
Deepak Hooda – 1
Virat Kohli – 1.
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