Suryakumar Yadav scored his first T20 International half-century in his first international innings in the fourth match against England. Suryakumar scored his half-century off 28 balls and was dismissed for 57 off 31 balls as India were first drawn to bat. He did not get a chance to bat on his T20I debut, which came in the second game of the series, but on Thursday, he started to make the most of the right chance from his first as he improvised Joffra Archer. Hook on his first ball in international cricket.
Even after losing at the other end of KL Rahul and Virat Kohli, he scored six fours and three sixes in a rapid run, which increased India’s score rapidly.
He attacked Adil Rashid, scoring 23 runs off 8 balls.
The Mumbai Indian batsman kept trending on Twitter, which drew many reactions with his fluent knock.
Former India star Yuvraj Singh tweeted, “Very happy for @ surya_14kumar that he is playing an ipl game!”
Former India batsman VVS Laxman tweeted, “Fearless. Innovative. Aggressive. Completely knocked for the first time by @ surya_14kumar. Some serious quality innings.”
In the trademark style, Wasim Jaffer had the perfect meme for the occasion.
Very happy for @ surya_14kumar Just bat like he is playing an ipl game! To be sure in my world cup team #IndiaVansGland
– Yuvraj Singh (@ YUVSTRONG12) March 18, 2021
fearless. Innovation. Aggressive. Had a lot of fun @ surya_14kumar Knock at the highest level first. Some serious quality innings. Hopefully many fifties for the first time # India pic.twitter.com/2zVLQr5zWr
– VVS Laxman (@ VVSLaxman281) March 18, 2021
.@ surya_14kumar Proud of you brother! pic.twitter.com/o2ylH660Pz
– Krunal Pandya (@ krunalpandya24) March 18, 2021
he waited. He came. he saw. He conquered.
Paltan, an emoji to describe Surya’s first innings on the international stage. #OneFamily #MumbaiIndian #INDvENG @ surya_14kumar pic.twitter.com/IXqBn8OeEd
– Mumbai Indians (@mipaltan) March 18, 2021
.@ surya_14kumar # India pic.twitter.com/EDXeBLx1dg
– Wasim Jaffer (@ WasimJaffer14) March 18, 2021
Mumbai Indians, the team from the Indian Premier League, tweeted, “He waited. He came. He watched. He won.”
“You called for Mr. 360?” One user tweeted.
Promoted
“Our very own Mr. 360 Suryakumar Yadav,” another user wrote.
After England won the toss and opted to bowl at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad, Suryakumar Yadav’s quick innings was instrumental in posting 185/8. England were leading the series 2–1 in the fourth T20I.
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