In the first match of the T20 series against West Indies, West Indies won the toss and elected to bowl. Unlike usual, Suryakumar Yadav came to open the innings along with captain Rohit Sharma.
In the first over, the player started by bowling Obed McCoy. Akeel Hossain’s over got away with luck twice. Suryakumar’s six against debutant Alsari Joseph is now viral.
In the second ball of the fourth over, a full delivery from Alsari Joseph, which went off the stumps, was hit by Surya’s special shot to fine leg for a six. Everyone is praising Suryakumar Yadav’s hand movement to hit a six. Suryakumar Yadav returned by adding 44 runs for the first wicket in the match. Suryakumar Yadav scored 24 runs off 16 balls with 3 fours and 1 six.
West Indies (Playing XI): Shamarh Brooks, Shimron Hetmyer, Rovman Powell, Nicholas Pooran(w/c), Kyle Mayers, Jason Holder, Akeal Hosein, Odean Smith, Alzarri Joseph, Obed McCoy, Keemo Paul
India (Playing XI): Rohit Sharma(c), Rishabh Pant(w), Shreyas Iyer, Suryakumar Yadav, Hardik Pandya, Dinesh Karthik, Ravindra Jadeja, Ravi Bishnoi, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Ravichandran Ashwin, Arshdeep Singh